Show PUBLIC extravagance ELEVEN billion dollars a year in taxes Is now SP spent ent by our country the man aho ho can get the most money out of the state or federal government tor for himself or his locality Is too otten often considered the smartest politician there is ek a premium placed on public extravagance in state and municipal affairs and we are told the people do it therne but this Is a poor alibi for public officials incompetent people get bigger pay for less work in city county and state jobs than Is generally paid for same work in private employ the cost of federal government has gone down since the world war but the cost of state and municipal government has risen from in 1913 to in 1025 the increase of public extravagance Is shown on every hand by demands tor for evereth everything ing of the finest and most luxurious quality if local taxes are to be reduced we must inject more business and less politics in management of government affairs the manufacturer |