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Show WHO ARE THE TAXPAYERS? How often do. we hear people boat of their indifference to the levying of new and higher taxes) because 'they think', they pay no taxes anyhow. N It is a fact that should be well known to every adult person that nearly all taxes are paid indirectly. In many lines of buiness a very large percentage of the gross in come is required to pay various taxes, license fees, inspection fees. ;tc. s These- 4 expenditures -are. necessarily, charged up to - those vho buy the products or .service f the firm. No concern could itay in business long unless il jalculalett its profits ver: and above the cost of doing bsiness an dtaxes are one of the first items m an up-to-date cost sheet. ? The landlord mat figure taxes when he fixes the rental on a house, so the renter pays taxes on 3 home whether he owns it or not. - Likewise, ' the j merchant charges taxes as part of his costs, and the consumer pays. . Most oi us pay nobill8 to the railroad for hauling' freight, but we pay the freight just the same; and one of the main, kerns used in calculating freight rates is the tax paid by the railroad company. . 'Practically jll taxesproperty, income and corportion-r-are paid by the ultimate consumer, and generally a nice little extra percentage per-centage is tacked on for good measure. . So Uie real taxpayers in this country are not on the assessor's as-sessor's list. Thus it is to the interest of the poor, especially, to see that government gov-ernment expenditure are not un-.duly un-.duly high. Times, Temple City, S California. Hi V -v V.'-fe ' |