Broadcasting Telecasting (Apr-Jun 1958)

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Would you call this fair play? Umpire gives "Visitors" a special advantage by tagging out a "Home" team runner at the plate. "Home" team has to play by the regular rules. Would you call this fair play? Hardly— yet you and most Americans face that same kind of unfairness all the time with some of your taxes. About 23 cents out of every dollar you pay for electricity goes for taxes. But because of present tax laws, several million families and businesses escape paying most of the taxes in their electric bills that you pay in yours. They are people whose electricity comes from federal government electric systems. And you have to help make up the taxes they escape. Most Americans think everyone should pay his fair share of taxes. Don't you agree? America's Independent Electric Light and Power Companies* ^Company names on request through this magazine Broadcasting April 14, 195S • Page 71