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Show l ! liic's.y Psi'sons Pay i Jr.carne Taxes J In a few,-''week:; 'some lucky ; cit..ens o' the Un'tcd States will he i'igurfTig up the amount of I money -they w il have to pay the ! United States Government under the income la: laws. 1 We .call their attention to a comparison recently made by Scc'-etary of the Treasury Henry Moignthau, who toid members of Congress that a Br tish family with' $5,000 income now pays income taxes, while a similar family in the United Staves pays $7:. With ?10,U00 incomes, the Britten Brit-ten ifamily pays $3,451 and the "-American fam ly, $440. With an income of $100,000 per year, in case you are interested, inter-ested, the British family pays taxes of $76,276 and an American family, with the same income, pays $42,943. These figures show how lucky the Americans are. |