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Show SOUND TAX REDUCTION. There is room, and plenty of it, for sound tax reduction by government. govern-ment. But in some quarters there seems to be a misunderstanding of the question. Nothing must be done that will in any way imperil the legitimate operation oper-ation of government, or cause it to fail in meeting its liabilities. If that should happen, the inevitable result would be panic and there is no telling tell-ing where it would end. It is manifestly mani-festly impossible for government to "ut costs to the degree of manufacturing manufac-turing businesses, which can adjust nverhead demand for their products. What government can do is to eliminate elim-inate waste, duplication of effort, the general inefficiency prevalent in many departments. Doing this would improve, rather than damage, the operation op-eration of government and it would be a boon to the taxpayer, who is p.lready struggling under severe burdens. |