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Show WHO PAYS THE TAXES j The poorer you are the heav-j ier the tax burden you bear ! although you may not pay a I cent directly in city, county,! state or federal taxes. j The indirect tax which you pay, however, which is includ-ed includ-ed in the cost of producing every article you eat or wear i' is the largest single item inj your cost of living. j Do not fool yourself in to thinking you escape taxation I by loading the tax burden on; to the other fellow; he hands) it back to you as part of the , cost of doing business with a little added for good measure on each transaction and the) ultimate consumer pavs the to- i tal tax load. I It is the everyday citizen j and workman who must awak-; en to the fact that relief from ; excessive taxation rests in his hands. As 'long as he votes, for man and measures which add annually to the tax load just so long will the cost of living steadily advance. New sources of wealth to tax, new forms of taxation and special taxes on certain lines of industry are no remedy for the present evil of excessive taxation. All these makeshifts simply collect more taxes and add to the burden which handicaps the operations of industry in-dustry and employment of labor. There is just one way to get relief am that is to actually reduce taxation bv cutting otf city, county and state overhead, over-head, consolidating offices and official functions and making-less making-less need for the revenues. |