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Show Every Fourth Work Day "Americans must Work nearly one full year out of every eight or about six weeks out of ever year just to pay the cost of the Federal government," says the United Uni-ted States News. "When the local and state government gov-ernment costs are added to the expenditures ex-penditures of the national government, govern-ment, the average American must work two years out of every eight to pay the cost cf government." The tax collector gets a cut in every pay check. His unseen hand reaches in and takes part of all the money you spend for food, amusement, clothing, train fare, power service. And his percentage is today greater than it ever was in peace, time in this country. Thie Twentieth Century Fund estimates that total government costs have swelled the $17,000,000,-000 $17,000,000,-000 a year. That is approximately 25 per cent of the national income in good times.. When you wcrk four weeks, the public treasuries take your earnings for one of the weeks. During the next year or so we are going to "make or break" so far as the tax problem is concerned. con-cerned. Every branch of government govern-ment spending must be ' checked, from the national capital to the city hall. We will have a let-up in ' tax boosting Mhen, land only when, the voice of the people demands de-mands it. |