Tax Leniency Days
Tax Leniency Days
MS smarmy white male TV reporter (Pat Waldorf) standing at IRS information desk in Dallas, delivering report on tax leniency: "The average taxpayer should be able to sleep a little easier tonight because today was the first day of the year he has labored all for himself. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has calculated that until May 10th Americans were working for the government, and every cent they earned was for taxes. The average wage-earner now has to work two hours fifty one minutes each day just to pay federal, state & local taxes, and it seems to be getting worse. In 1902 the Per Capita Tax Bill was $17. By 1960, the bide had gone to $638. This year it should be about $1200 for every man, woman & child. But that s negative thinking. Today the taxpayer can smile b/c once again he has weathered the storm and from now until the end of the year he can say what s mine is mine."