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Show Senator Heed Smoot, in his add vers on the now revenue bill, struck 0 u.u cnora ;or popular self gover-ment gover-ment when he pointed out the effect of making th" Ooverr.ment a financia aristocracy instead of keep!n,g the masse? of the reopIe ; touch with the Govcrment, even in a small way. The man who pays the hills always wants to "run" the buisness tnat he pay- for; so when only the rich report to and come in direct tou-h with the Goverment. naturally they will want to "n" Mbl;c matters to the ry. elusion of parlioip.uion by the people the ?cnstpr faM: "There cr-n be !'tfle controversy on ru'h mitrer, n-- xo no-ma! t:-e ere.Vt for e-rnl income, and tin o-empttons. s set forth in th- com ntittee report the e:c:t of these is tnat the rvera.ee man that is, t-.-. r-arri"d man -.-;:) fr0 ,iPpendoui pa" w' taxes than he tlV, vnier the rre-.-,r aet 0. 1?16 ;f income i, le -s tha-i v 3 n-V) A.,.. c-'tioism that can be made in tlv-; rc?iPct must be -,a- the r 'noM-j ' t0 ?rcat "ther than not lar-enough. lar-enough. The bill relieves 2 350 O'VI Person, from dircat burden of! income taxes. i one respect is unfortunate. Anj.nne whQ ,g &l "xpayer ?s to,!r!5 ,0 'e a close,-! feeing of 'nt.-r-v ?i hi Government j "S r"!V Mvltie,. than un-1 Jer the situation where the burden f expense Is borne by others. 1 i:n opposed to calling this a "Govern- nt of the peopla, by the people, nd, for the people," and then deny-S deny-S t0 nI! 't he people the privilege f contribiitii ; toward the raain-enance raain-enance df their Government. I '"fr so'e contribution in a direct way, however small. A reduction ''n the tax burden is quite a differ-nt differ-nt matter from the entire denial of p-vPc.-.'c of contribution. I deem Nu-eh neither a compliment nor t favor tc those who th'ji are made tax exempt. |