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Show THE RACKETEER KING. One of the most pointed articles on the subject of governmental waste to . Gi: e to our attention lately is from the Public Service News of Kansas City, which declares that the high cost of government has now become our greatest racketeer, which makes Al Capone and others of his ilk look like pikers. It declares that 20 per cent of the annual national income is required toj satisfy the demands of this super-racketeer. super-racketeer. In other word's, one dollar cut of every five earned by the American Am-erican people goes to pay for the wild; e.:travagaaces of government, as com-; ,ared with one dollar out of every; thirty fifteen years ago. Fourteen billion bil-lion (not million) dollars is govern-; ntent's annual toll. j This staggering burden is not borne by any particular class. Every man, woman and child in the nation must pay a share of tribute to the ogre of governmental waste. This 14 billion dollars comes out of capital, savings and payrolls. It results in decreased earnings and increased cost of living for each of us, no matter how rich or poor. It is one of the principal reasons why business and unemployment do not improve. An aroused public finally put Al Capone away. Whenever the people get sufficiently exasperated with that greatest of all public enemies the high cost of government it, too, can be suppressed. All over the country the voters and taxpayers are organizing to put a stop to the encroachments of this king of racketeers. Public officials who fail to heed the growing demand for economy in government are on the road to oblivion. |