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Show Unrestrained Federal Spending Subjects Nation To Paralysis By DeWitt Emery In 1937 it took all of the income in-come of all of the people in two states (Pennsylvania and Missouri) Mis-souri) to pay the cost of our Federal Government for one year. Ten years later, in 1947, it took all of the income of all of the people in 25 states to pay the cost of our Federal Government Govern-ment for one year. These 25 states are Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Louis-iana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Da-kota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Okla-homa, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Colo-rado, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Con-necticut, Alabama, Mississippi and Maine. Think of it! The cost of our federal government increased in ten years from all of the income of all of the eople in two states ($7,910,000,000 in 1937) to all of the income of all of the people in 25 states ($42,505,000,000 in 1947). How much farther can this go before the government takes over everything1 and everybody? every-body? Creeping paralysis? It certainly certain-ly is, and if the cost of our federal fed-eral government continues to increase in-crease year after year as it has in the past, in another few years I don't believe it will take more than three or four there won't be any freedom left in this country. And if we lose freedom of enterprise, we will soon thereafter there-after lose all of our other freedoms: free-doms: freedom of speech, freedom free-dom of the press, freedom of assembly, as-sembly, freedom of opportunity and all of the others. Note what is happening in England. It's absolutely impossible to overestimate the importance of this great and grave danger. It's absolutely essential for the people peo-ple of this country to know what is happening and that if this trend continues, the only thing they can look forward to is complete com-plete and absolute regimentation, that is. being told by the government govern-ment what you'll eat and wear, where you'll live, where you'll work and how much you'll be paid. It means also getting permission permis-sion from a bcaucrat before doing do-ing any traveling in your own car or otherwise, and full and complete governmental control of all newspapers, magazines, radio programs and moving pictures. pic-tures. If you doubt this I again refer you to what's happening in England, also to your history books which show that every great nation which has gone down since the beginning of recorded re-corded history fell because the cost of government grew and grew and grew until it got so heavy it was impossible for the people to carry it. It can't happen here? It is happening hap-pening here I almost said it has happened here but there is still time to stop it if you and I and millions of others like us want it stopped. We can force our representatives in Congress to make the drastic reduction in the cost of our Federal Government Govern-ment which is the only thing- that can save the situation. I've said before and I say again with all the emphasis at my command, it's up to you, and I do mean you. |