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Show Need More Boston Tea Parties Here In iUs Issue of May 9, the Saturday Sat-urday Evening Post rendered a real public service to the people ol the United States in its stralght-f stralght-f rom-the-shoulder editorial criticizing criti-cizing the orgy of spending by members of legislative and tax disbursing bodies. It pointed out that spending other people's money is a favorite pastime of politicians and that when they have cleaned out everything every-thing and eveiybody, they do not stop but simply hunt new ways to Jack up old taxes or to find new things to tax. The people havt stopped their wild spending but the politicians are still on a tax disbursing spreo. "Ways and methods of spending and financing that would meet with the severest reprobation In the case of an Individual, are considered con-sidered perfectly sound procedure by the polilticians," said the Post. "Reckless and prodigal private public spending have exactly the same finish. "The public-Improvement vote buying legislator Is worse for the country than fire and pestilence." It likens a majority of our public pub-lic Improvements to yachts, where the upkeep Is worse than the first cost. Such improvements bring a swarm of public servants who must be paid out of new taxes. It cites England, Germany and Russia where paternalism and actual ac-tual confiscation of property have caused tax loads and destruction of wealth which can and will wreck any government. In conclusion, It says: "Our greatest need right now is fewer cocktail parties and more tea parties par-ties of the Boston kind." |