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Show Editorial Benjamin Franklin, inventer, author and patriot, was also ft wise economist. He wrote "A penny saved Is a penny earned. He also is reported to have said that if we would take care of our pennies, the dollars would take care of themselves. Thomas Jefferson once said, "I place economy among the first and foremost important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared. To preserve our independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our chioce between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude." These wise observations apply today in our government as well as in private business and affairs. Avoiding unnecessary govern-ment govern-ment spending means savings of tax dollars, which we all work bard to accumulate. For example, the First Army Command, which includes a number num-ber of Eastern states, has reported savings of $1,200,000 without any spectacular action. More than $100,000 were saved by the expanded use of accounting machines in making up the payrolls. Several thousands more were saved by salvaging electric parts previously considered unusable. More drawn stock contracts eut down one Inventory from $100,000 to $10,000. Fifteen thou-sand thou-sand dollars were saved at one camp by closing partly used build, ings and consolidating operations. These actually are considered small savings in government language, but they totaled more than $1,000,000. and above all efficiency was not sacrificed. What can be done in one part of the -government can be done in many more and the result can be many millions of tax dollars saved. Remember that every dollar saved is "our" money, "our" taxes and if we let the right people know what we want done, it will be done. Let's all demand economy in government for our sakes. as well as for the generations of Americans yet to come. |