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Show Friday, November 27, 1959 THE AMERICAN STATESMAN Page 2 The American Statesman THE UTAH STATESMAN J. BRACKEN LEE, Editor and Publisher Business Manager Your Tax Hatsis Bill THE AMERICAN WAY Anthony G. Board of Directors: Samuel S. Arentz, Charles H. Foote, Hubbard S. How much money in taxes will Russell, Anthony G. Hatsis. Entered as 2nd Class matter at the Post Office at Salt Lake City, Utah, the average man pay between now and age 65? under the act of March 3, 1879 Subscription Rate $5.00 per year Frank R. Ford has figured out Published weekly by The American Statesman the answer, in an article which State Exchange Bldg., 345 So. State appeared originally in the New Salt Lake City 11, Utah York World-Telegraand The Sun VoL 13; No. 46 November has been 27,1959 in Readand condensed Friday, ; m ers Digest What Is A Conservative? This average man is 29 years old, makes a little under $100 a Week, and has a wife, two children, a our national resources to meet .the (ConL from Page 1 CoL 3) car and a mortgaged needsof as roadblocks of to our the home. economy ings growing path their pell-me- ll t rush toward staggers the imagination. It is unIn next 36 the Govyears, says Mr. realistic Federal to the progress. argue i " i ernment alone should finance and 'ord, he can expect to pay $47,-22- 1 in taxes. That amounts to manage these tremendous underConformity a week or more than 25 $25.23 Some modem "liberals want to takings. cent of his income. this certain per is what Yet, highly impose conformity of thought and vocal some them elements among behavior on all of us. First, they self-stylFederal income taxes are the bigin reality liberals. would set up a world government gest single item. Even so, they Then they would force all the peo- are advocating. But the facts show :ome to but 44 per cent of the that the Pacific Northwest and the total The balance consists of social ple of the world to knuckle down Tennessee Valley are the only two to one set of laws, one set of cusareas in the entire United States security taxes, real estate taxes, toms, one way of life all in the personal property taxes, taxes on naive expectation that American where power reserves are below gasoline and tires, sales taxes, normal and where power shortages state income taxes, and so on. laws, American justice, American are impending. customs would prevaiL In both of these areas the FedTo cap the climax, Mr. Ford emConservatives would never agree eral Government has been the that the' figures are conto yield our hard-wo- n rights and dominating figure for the last quar- phasizes servative for they don't take into liberties to a supergovemment in ter of a century! consideration future tax increases. which America might be outnumAnd the way things are going, inbered, outvoted, and outcast TVA creases seem as certain as tomor' Today's liberals pose as great Some liberals even proclaim row morning. benefactors of mankind. Yet they power battle as always choose central government the TVA-privaWhat it amounts to is that the as the vehicle to dispense the never-endin- g struggle between average man puts in a quarter of free benefits to the people. democracy and special privilege. his working time in behalf of the They are fond of citing TVA as government Then, what money he On Freedom the yardstick against which people las left has been ravaged by all states can measure private in It was no conservative who proand monopolistic posed to draft striking American power rates workers into the Army. It was no practices. Actually, TVA is a yardstick to than by the sweat of his brow, conservative who threatened to measure how nice it would be to man will sit back and wait for the slaughter cattle on farms to en- do business without having to pay postman to deliver his check. force price controls and meat return on or other taxes, interest, rationing. It was no conservative the investment. The conseravtive says that given who seized private property illegalsufficient Talk about incentive, man will exert privilege! special ly. (This was done by former Pres- Never was himself to so improve his lot on earth: special! privilege ident Truman who took over pridiviand that TVA or with incentive must no interest along pays vately owned steel mills under his dends on the taxpayers investof go equality opportunity, equal astonishing doctrine of inherent ment in under no and basic It law, corporajustice pays powers of the President.) It was no tion taxesitto the Federal Govern- - and freedoms such as we rights enjoy conservative who planted microment as private corporations under our Constitution.' rooms in in. Wichita, phones jury do. It pays no taxes to local Kansas, to eavesdrop on their must Freedom is magnetic. Its magnegovernments, except some token tism secret deliberations. penetrates the Iron Curtain to in lien of taxes. It does attract Unlike many .liberals today, payments peoples away from slavery not even pay taxes on the transunder their conservative do not believe GovCommunist masters. of the vast quantity of ernment spending is, in itself, the portation coal shipped to its steam power From Hungary 200,000 people key to prosperity and economic plants. fled oppression following the unsecurity. Conservatives know exhail Abraham successful peoples revolt in 195S. liberals Today's cessive Government spending and Lincoln for the Supreme Three million have esthe high taxes which must go with Court in the defying Scott case. On caped tyranny persons Dred in East Germany to it is repressive both of freedom the other hand, they defame any- breathe freedoms air in the West for in the economy and of liberty who dares to differ with the Another three million abandoned body the individual. Supreme Court in our time. Communist North Korea to seek Conservatives firmly believe the refuge in free South Korea, and one Government must make every efInconsistent million left Communist North Viet fort to keep its books in balance to settle in free South Viet Certain modern liberals never Nam and meet its obligations as they Nam. fall due. This is not a bookkeep- stop calling for flexibility on the ing exercise. It is the way of keep- part of the United States in foreign Why should these people have ing the value of the dollar intact policy. They would yield Quemoy been unhappy? They were fed, Maintaining the buying power of and Matsu freedom outposts in clothed, and sheltered by the Govour currency is one of the finest the Pacific to the Reds. Yet they ernment They all had jobs there were no unemployment worries. ways to do the most good for the profess to stand firm on Berlin in freedom a Europe.1 number. outpost And greatest they all had equality. Contemporary liberals say they That was just the trouble. They favor the private enterprise system, Hoax were all equals all abject slaves but at heart some of them prefer Of course, one of the greatest socialism. It is the to the ruling Communists. of anyhoaxes of the ages is the claim that one to believe in privilege socialism. HowNo wonder the movement away Government benefits are free. The we must recognize that anyever, out this from Communist countries continisland of Britain found body who does puts himself in ues. The brave souls who risk their during the Great Experiment under pretty sorry company. to get out are not searching the Labor party when cradle-to-graIn an official pamphlet, dated lives cradle-to-graGovernment benefits were for security. On the Apnl, 1954, the American Commuare inaugurated. The British people nist contrary, they running away party stated: soon found they were saddled with from it What they seek is the Communist "The party, basing very high taxes to pay for these itself on the scientific principles chance to live their own lives with benefits. All of Britain free Marxism-Leninisbelieves in their families, to earn their own labored under rationing, controls, of socialism as the ultimate solution living at a vocation of their choice, to worship as they please in a shortages, high prices. for the problems of our Nation. was America called Capitalist Someone once said socialism will word, to live in dignity and sevon bail to Britain out as free men. upon eral occasions. Not until the Con- work only in two places: heaven hell servative Government came into (where they don't need it) and Styles Bridges, one of the foreit). 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