Roosevelt Standard | 1955-09-08 | Page 8 | Our Readers Say

In 1952 the campaign battle cry was, "We'll clean up the mess in Washington, establish free enterprise enter-prise and reduce your taxes." To date three cabinet members have been released for inefficiency, incompetency and sculldugery in office. We hope there won't be any more. There never was a time when the money barers and big business, had a free-er hand in gaining control con-trol of our monitary and economic system than now. That's free enterprise? en-terprise? As for taxes, those in the millionaire mil-lionaire class got as high as a 40 reduction, while the little fellow received 2Y2. In Duchesne County, livestock and agriculture are the main sources of revenue. At present those so engaged are carrying the heaviest debt load ever in their history, many trying to borrow more" money to tide them over, others abandoning their farms and going to work for industry. With boys and girls in other states earning money to send them through school and with their conditions known to all, we receive the good news that additional addi-tional mill levy of 19.75, over and above 1954 has been added, which will increase our taxes some 63.8 You have all heard of the guy that killed the goose that laid the golden egg. What a flock of geese we have turned out to be! What do you think, folks? Are you equal to the occasion? J. P. MADSEN