| Show EXPENSIVE na E OUTLAYS from all over the count country r the complaint is hea heard rd about excessive taxation the manufacturing industries are hampered by it the farmers find it a heavy load government is costing too much and one reason whytt costs too much is that government expenses are not trimmed the way personal eapen expenses ses are if a man has limited means he does norgo into a store and demand the finest suit of clothes he asks for something thi n g less expensive it may not be elegant enough to suit the fussy taste but itis it is W within his means and the purchase represents common sense but when people get together in national state or municipal governments they have a dav of demanding the highest grade of thing if a public building is put u in they are not satisfied with some perfectly subs substantial tantia 1 material but they want the most costly and ornate stuff they can call find the small town of little wealth often demands ma elds a building that would be appropriate to a rich om made wo UD of people who do not mind their taxes the role of treasury watch dog is not popular the people are looking for costly improvements that will make their towns and cities appear appeal more handsome hamd some this is particularly the case in obtaining funds from the federal or state governments where the taxpayers do not dire directly cily feel the costs of such improvements they seem to feel that the federal and state treasuries are a rich hoard out of which they can dra draw W indefinitely also that these treasuries are a kind of grab bag in which each locality has to see which can haul hau lout out the richest prizes the american peo people P e M must pst get over this lavish way of j doing things if they then r want to restore full prosperity they must treat pavli pirlie ic e expenditures the way they do their personal and family costs 0 |
