| Show individual COLLECT 01 It E 0 tax reduction Is the live question in every western state A large part of 0 the blame lor for our present tax burdens can be laid on the shoulders of public officials who deliberately expanded governmental functions and jobs under the guise of thus furnishing great benefits tl t the public on the other hand it is useless and hypocritical tor for the people to try and shift all blame tor for the pre sent tax situation on to the public officials A citizen who has the right to vote should on exercising this privilege think twice before heed lessly endorsing measures which he can see will increase the tax bill our government will be just as good as the intelligence ot of the people make it our tax bill will be just as heavy as the recklessness thoughtlessness and indifference of the people allow it to be made the american family that takes no thought of expense buys every thing it sees goes in debt for things which it cannot pay tor for at the moment tails falls to teach thrift and economy to the children and over looks the important idea ot of living within its means is headed tor for bani collectively and individually As with the family so with the state the voter must realize that extravagance in public expenditures Is taking money out of his pocket just as surely as extravagance in home expenditures reduced taxation economy and efficiency in government will be secured just as soon as the people realize that they are voting to spend their own money when voting tor for men and measures which increase the tax bill run the state as you would run your home let public expenditures be within the means of 0 the people to pay and let public debts be piled up only with the full knowledge that the day of reckoning will come and that the people not the public off bials will have to foot the bill |
