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GEORGE S. BENSON
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A Dangerous Tax
There's talk in Washington of a $4
billion tax increase. If Congress
permits this new siphoning of in
come and savings from the people
into the federal treasury, the re
sults can be dangerous for the whole
nation. This is fact, regardless of
whether or not the President and his
administration would be cramped In
spending a propose $42 bUlion
budget.
Of course, like our Senator Mc
Clellan told homeiolks recently:
Mr. Truman's program means that
taxes can go only one way ? up, up,
up. Senator Fulbright, our other j
distinguished senator, tried to ease j
the ? misgivings of the economy
minded by pointing out that saving
federal money and reducing taxes
is a question of "what" you are will
ing to give up." That is a problem,
all right. Too many of us have the
attitude of the well known politi
cian, who said he had never voted
for a tax bill nor against an appro- i
priations bill.
Justify Spen<*>ng
If we manage to fool ourselves |
into thinking the other fellow is go- !
ing to have to pay for the handouts, ,
we then show no enthusiasm about '
economy. Citizens and congress- !
men alike, too often see economy as '
a fine thing when it's not close to
home, bqt work like mad for all the
government "aid" they can get?
for themselves.
One thing is wrong with the ques
tion our Senator asked about what
we would give up. It put?i the bur
den of proof on the citizen who
would economize! That proof, be
longs elsewhere. Every bureaucrat
who demands funds should explain
and justify the expenditure of every
dollar!
wherein lies the danger to the na
tion in heavier taxes at this time?
It is proposed that the burden of a
$4 billion, tax increase be placed !
upon corporations and businesses
This might look to some like an I
easy way t<} fchifj the tax load onto
somebody else. Actually, a tax that '
is shouldered by business is still !'
borne by the people ? because peo
ple buy the products of corporations
that are owned bv people. - j
_ Doa't Kill Incentive
At present the nation's business
corporations pay a 38 per cent tax
on income. Earnings distributed to
owners may get taxed up to 92 per
cent. (Other taxes, also, are levied
upon corporations.) Tremendous
sums, therefore, are handed to Un
cle Sam by industry. But right
now, the nation's economists are
agreed ? that America's industry
?must have huge amounts of addi
tional capital for growth and for
expansion. There's danger, if in
stead these billions must be poured
into Washington.
. Any industrial plant that is not
able to spend money continually for
expansion or for newer, better
equipment is a corporation moving
toward failure. An amount rough
ly equal to the President's proposed
budget of $42 billion is the least we
ought to put this year into our in
dustrial plant. If America is to
have the industrial strength it should
have, if jobs are to remain plenti
ful, and if wages are to be high
then we had better have a care
about penalizing our industry.
America can lose out by exacting
too much "take" from business.
Unless industry is allowed to ex
pand, modernize, and meet today's
needs, there'll be nothing at all to
tax one of these days. When taxes
take what would be invested, and
when incentive to invest is killed?
the country will gc into reverse. An
other $4 billion in taxes on corpora
tion^ would be most unwise.
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Uncle Sam Says
Plentiful Foods
Listed For April
Foot! markets will be well sup;
plied in April with carots as winter
crop marketings are expected to be
20 percent greater than las; year.
Miss Latha Brashers, home demon,
stration agent for the State College
Extension Service said this week in
releasing the U. S. Department of
Agriculture's April plentiful foodb
list for Southern states.
.Carrots, MLss Brashers said, are
rich in carotene, which the body
changes to vitamin A.
With the 1948 oat crop slightly be
low the highest production on rec
ord, oatmeai has been named as a
plentiful food for April. .Oats prod
ucts 2ie an inexpensive source of
food energy, the home agon* pointed '
out. Coir, products a!jj w ?e in
good su ply in April. .
Among the protein foods on the
April plentiful list that offer food
shoppers a wide choice in menu plan
ning are: broilers, fryers, eggs, pro
cessed ' deity products, dried bcans
and peas, peanut buter, and fresh
and frozen fish.
Oranges wi) continue in good sup
ply in April despite the unfavora
ble weather early this year, and
canned citrus juices and grapefruit
section will be abundant. Prunes, esj
pecialJy the smaller sizes, and rai
sin*. wili be pientiful in April. Good
quality honey will be plentiful for
several months.
By Way Of Mention
bote Bwttto
Mr. and Mrs. fc*r. Lor, p. St., were
.?eoent of relatrve? in Stanley.
Mrs. H - B. Jones. had i\a fer guests
Monday her mother, Mrs Andy Me
Carter and Mr*. J? nn:e CcC arter both
01 Bethany.
Mr. and Mr*. IWnt Payne' and
children, Becky and Palsy sj*em the
week end with Mr. and Mrt. O. V.
FuJJer and fami v <?1 Beimont.
Mr. and Mrs Coleman Stroupe
and daughter,. GVnda, snm Sunday
in Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs: Let Paym .^ent Sun
day in Afrtteville.
Mr. and Mrs .R. Lee Blantow rt<?a -
as their guests for the week ?n<f, U
D. Blanton of Fort Bragg.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Wright fsart
their guests for the weekend Mi*.
Blanche Smith of Gastonia
Mrs. J. 1. Hope is sick at
wriiing.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Wntrbt ha? as?
their guests recently Mr. and M*?
Carl Brady and children of OMiontt^
The state of Nebraska wa*.
first slate in the U. S.- to <!eJeb?*?w-*
Art>or Day, where observance- bogaft11
in 1872.
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