Show POLITICS AND SD YOUR YOUK MONEY Lost in the welter welt r of ot news concerning tho Bomb A the United Nations Conference Con Con- Conference ference and other items of cosmic importance Is a fact which should be known to all the people of the United States That fact is This country for forthe forthe forthe the first time in many years can have havea a balanced Federal budget All the American people should also consider the words of President Truman when ho said For fiscal 1948 we must plan not only for a balanced budget but for a Po reduction of the thc national debt Sizable debt reduction is 18 nothing short of obligatory Aa As Time put It the Presidents President's budget policy might not please practical poli poli- politicians politicians but would be bc applauded by practical fiscal experts Its principal points point are that tax reductions shall not bo made at the present time and that strict economy prevail In government spending Just what Is 15 going to happen to this policy remains to be seen It is evident that Congress Is about as free with the peoples people's money as as- ever It is still voting money for needless waterpower develop develop- developments developments ments to namo name one source of gigantic waste and other useless luxuries This is an election year and the boys who want the votes are saying it with the publics public's dollars dollars' Wo We will have economy In government only If the people make It clear to Congress Con Con- Congress Congress gress that unbridled spending is the road to political defeat and defeat and not the road rood to eternal re re-ele re And If we dont don't have government economy we will have ln- ln in nation and eventual economic ruin on ascale a a. ascale scale unprecedented here Profligacy can be ae as destructive to a nation as to an Individual |