Show DUCT DONT SHIFT THE suggestion that Is frequently advanced tor for reducing the growing tax burden Is to shift the load from one class clam of taxpayers to another no relief would be thus secured relieving the farmer or the workman or the average citizen ot of tan talk payments and adding tile the amount to industries or those haying having large incomes would simply mean that the money to raise these tax payments would be shifted back to the hie individual us through increased cost ot of everything lie he purchased thus shoving the cost ot of living up another notch tile the program ot of taxing invested or accumulated capital to the point of oe confiscation will in a short time reduce this source of taxable wealth I 1 to 0 tile the point where it can no longer pay the taxes required then the burden ot of taxation falls back automatically on the small taxpayer shifting the load will only aggravate the situation the one remedy Is to bring abou about t a reduction in taxation demands and increase efficiency in governmental management and expenditure of public funds |