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Show Why Government Costs Money Besides the Federal and State governments we have in the United States more than 3,000 counties, seme 15,000 incorporated municipalities municipal-ities and about 50,000 other civil divisions, like townships, election divisions, etc. Moreover many local districts control special fields, such as education, drainage, irrigation, improvement and other activities. These organizations, believe it cr not, cost mo.-'cy, which taxpayers provide. That many of them are unnecessary today, with miden communication methods and transportation trans-portation facilities, is apparent, but how to go about the reform that will eliminate them is a problem wrapped up in many difficulties. The Pyramid is not here urging abolition of these units. It merely calls attention to their existence, the cost that they entail and the undisputed statement that the taxpayer tax-payer foots the bill. As long as the people are willing to pay the money there is no reason to tackle the problem. Here and there a start has been made, however, by consolidation, by abandoning functions to superior super-ior uoits, by co-operation of several sev-eral uni's in certain services and by adopting modern forms of government. |