Show what do you get for your tax dollar by R N day figures and statistics are usually dry reading material but just as general information I 1 am giving you the following schedule regarding tax collections in ill millard county over a period of fourteen years make your own comparisons and draw your own conclusions year taxes assessed percentage collected levy in mills 1925 1926 25 1927 7 1928 1929 28 1930 24 1931 27 1932 27 1933 34 1934 31 1935 31 1936 26 1937 27 1938 27 are we as taxpayers getting full value for the tax dollars spent nationally the question is rather debatable depending on en the persons own point of view As a state we have adopted a depay pay as you go policy our budget is balanced and we are definitely getting out of debt new state agencies and enterprises are being financed byi by special taxes or increased taxes instead of borrowing locally we perhaps get more for our tax dollars than we do from the two higher taxing units and here too we are getting out of debt millard countes Coun tys average taxpayer pays less than into the county treasury each year for this he receives 1 0 ox in school services for his three school ch idren in addition to the numerous services and benefits he receives from the county and city or town our county debt has been cut from to 00 considering funds on hand for 1939 payment with only one more installment to levy for As a county we are in very good financial condition our credit is good we seem to be getting full value for tax money used for current expenses but what about borrowed funds back in 1918 and 1919 our growing pains got the better of us and we borrowed and spent it what did we get A court house and some roads since then we have taxed ourselves for of principal and for interest when the final payment is made we will have paid back the we borrowed and in interest we as taxpayers have dug deep in our jeans to pay off this huge debt and should be extremely wary of any proposed new indebtedness but if history is a proper guide and human nature can be depended on to run true to form we can very soon expect an opportunity to buy something and an opportunity also to bond ourselves to pay for it it is very true that bond issues are practically the only means for financing large public enterprises but how many present day taxpayers believe we received worth of roads and court house millard countes Coun tys experience both as a county and also with the drainage districts in west millard regarding bond issues should make mr average taxpayer extremely cautious in the future |