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Show "The Folks Dack Home" One of the healthiest current signs is the growing concern con-cern of the people over excessive government spending, deficit-financing at a time when the national income is running at record levels, and the depressive effects of present-day taxes. But it is also apparent that a great many people are not putting the blame entirely where it belongs. e It is all very well to criticize Congress and the Administration Admin-istration for their fiscal sins. However, the forces that make for wasteful government are right at home in the grass roots. Virtually every chamber of commerce, every civic organization, every industrial council, farm organization organi-zation and labor organization constantly pcunds the drums for more tax money for their special benefits. Economy is okay for the other fellow, but the more money the Treasury Treas-ury pours out in their direction the happier they are. There are honorable exceptions to this, but they are too few In number. This is also true of a great many businessmen who, of all people, should know better. They are the first to point to the need of economical government as a bulwark to the national security. Yet, time and time again, as members of the various civic groups, they are at the forefront fore-front of those who demand that endless amounts of Federal Fed-eral tax money flood into their regions, as pure political handouts. The members of congress are only human.. They generally gen-erally follow the wishes of the "folks back home" who pack the votes. We will have sound, stable and economical economi-cal government when, and only when, the people demand it |