| Show TAXES THEN TAXES THEN MORE lORE TAXES r in I t The purchaser of a loaf of bread j S- S according to the National Investment Tran Transcript pays 17 kinds of taxes when hen he lays his dime on the counter 1 I If It he walks home en ca leaving the e tore store he is wearing out shoes hoes which t arc are taxed 23 times If It he rides in an automobile he Is paying 42 different kinds of taxes If he takes a subway or an electric car the total number of visible taxes I li i which are part of the cost of his fare runs to about 58 k All AlI of ot these taxes obviously are in indirect In in- 11 direct direct and and very few of us know that f we pay them As the Transcript says Tax ignorance is the crowning etc ele element J ment went in mass Ignorance today Most of us pay few or no taxes directly directly- and we think because of that we ar are contributing nothing to the cost of ot oft t If government I i There Is not a thing In the world that nt t taxed The house we live In r n. n a legion of taxes taxes run run running ning tl al he way from taxes on standing stand stand- ins me timber to taxes paid by the store which sold the finishing paint and the manufacturers which p produced it I Food rood clothing transportation entertainment entertainment enter enter- periodicals books the books the tax bill is a substantial item in their cost costI I to the consumer It Is obvious that these indirect taxes which taxes which provide the bulk of ot governmental governmental gov gov- revenue revenue fall fall more heavily on persons of ot moderate means than r on those with higher incomes A loaf of at bread will last a millionaire as Ion long longas as it will a laborer laborer and and the tax k Is the same on the loa loaf each buys Tax reduction would be the greatest boon i the average American could have have have-a a aboon boon that would at once be reflected In more jobs more purchasing power more spending for the necessities and luxuries which keep the Industrial machine machine ma ma- i chine turning We will have tax reduction when we e spend less tax money money and and not until then Only massed public opinion t ion backed up by knowledge of the facts can bring it about The cost t j of government can and must be reduced re re- r 1 all all the way from Washington down to the smallest hamlet In the land |
