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Show REDUCING TAXES It is possible to reduce taxes by paying- taxes! Strange as it may seem, it can be demonstrated to be true. For example, if the state of Utah needs one million dollars dol-lars in revenue and there are fifty thousand taxpayers all paying the same amount, each one would be required to pay $20.00; but if only forty thousand paid and the state still needed, that million dollars, each of the forty thousand would be required to pay $2-1.00. That is the condition that we find existing today. As a taxpayer becomes delinquent, he leaves a greater tax load for his neighbors. In the example above the neighbor's taxes are increased by $1.00. As additional property is taken from the tax rolls by reason of the failure to pay taxes, the load upon your neighbor becomes correspondingly greater. It should be your responsibility, if you can, to pay your taxes promptly so that you will be sharing in the cost of maintenance of government. If you fail in this responsibility, responsibi-lity, you will place your property in jeopardy, and at the same time increase the burden on your neighbor. |