Iron County Record | 1936-06-04 | Page 6 | The Worker Pays

t TilE TIIE WORKER PAYS If II you thing the so called rich h pay all the taxes and the rest ofus ot of o ous f us receive all the bounty of govern govern- i ment for nothing he here ht are rome come e I facts falls that will 11 disillusion dis you They are taken from Irom an editorial L In Li th the e I Charlestown News Newa and Courier entitled In en entitled titled Taxing the Worker Ever Every dollar spent by the Federal Feder al at government In the fiscal year was 1 derived as follows Seven cents from personal Income income In In- come taxes eight cents from corporation corporation corporation cor cor- taxes s six cents from li liquor il- il quor taxes six cents cent from tobacco I co M taxes seven cents cent from processing processing process process- ing taxes five cents from excise taxes five cents from customs I duties three cents cent from estate te and gift taxes four cents from all other forms of taxes Practically every one of thos taxes 1 I i In effect a sales tax Each Bach rt represents ent a p poet t t of th the file cost of or orthe the things we buy Bach Sch on ont one with few and unimportant exceptions must be and is passed on tu to th the e consumer And that Isn't the tte worst wont of Qt it jt It The total of ot the taxes listed a ve comes to just 51 cents leaving 49 cents cont of each dollar unaccounted for tor That nine forty cent Win wM obtained ob Ab tanned by borrowing and when the day of reckoning comM comes It will wUl willbe willbe be the worker and the Pie e man reap of av ayer aver average r rase age ase means why w flU haye 9 foot practically all aU of the gigantic bill bUt