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Our country, because of its rich rc' sources and a standard of living that has never been equaled, has always had enemies attacking it from with' out. But every generation of Ameri' cans has had a positive attitude about American democracy, based upon a firm knowledge of the system and active participation in determining its policies. And no enemy from without has ever been able to make any progress in destroying the freedoms of the individual American.
Today, however, we have termites boring from within the American free enterprise system and making such alarming progress that our freedoms, guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States, are being lost through default. We The People are not suf' ficiently concerned to dig into our government and economic tangles to straighten out the confusion that exists among millions of Americans.
AN insidious threat to our system is the "something'for-nothing" attitude that is becoming so instilled in Americans today . . . the theory that the government owes us some thing. This is Socialism . . . the kind of government that is destroying individual initiative in Great Britain today, gradually curtailing more and more of the individual freedoms of the British people, and lowering their standard of living to where it is just one-third of the American standard.
Nothing is free . . . especially a government service. We pay in direct and hidden taxes for every service the government renders and the more service we demand, the more taxes we must pay. Where taxation becomes
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excessive, controls become so nximer' ous that democracy disappears.
Twenty years ago, there was one government employee for every 40 ^ people. Today there is one to every ' * eight of the working population. It is estimated that taxes absorb 75 to 85 per cent of all savings. In the past these savings have been used to provide security in old age, buy homes, farms, insurance, pay doctor bills, provide schooling, finance private business ventures, etc. As individuals find » themselves unable to provide for their own future security, the demand for government protection grows. The inevitable result is absolute control of all individuals by a central government.
As people find themselves unable to provide for their later years, they join the demand for old age protection.
As people find little left to pay doctor and hospital bills, they demand socialized medicine.
As investment in industry dc' creases, men find it difficult to secure jobs and the demand for unemployment insurance increases.
The demand arises that government "take over" and people are soon working for government — a welfare state — where there is no incentive to work, to save, to educate.
Taxes are the rent we pay for living in America . . . dues that we pay to a nationwide union that has existed 175 years for the express purpose of preserving our individual freedoms. Some taxes are surely needed to carry on the necessary functions of government, particularly in a time of national emergency.