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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: SLS: Article on Cost Of Government by Lincoln Heritage
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>The Lincoln Heritage Institute is submitting the following article on the
>Cost Of Government Day which is July 3 this year.
>
>
>"Does Over Half of Your Annual Work Life Really Go to Finance Government?
> You Bet It Does?
>
>By C. Grady Drago, President
>Lincoln Heritage Institute, Inc.
>
> As if we needed any new evidence to prove that we are overtaxed and are
>paying the highest percent of taxes in relationship to the GDP under this
>administration than any other, the Americans For Tax Reform Foundation
>(ATRF) have announced that this year, July 3 marks the Cost of Government
>Day
>(COGD) -- the day Americans finally pay off the cost of running
>government.
>The cost of Government this year is estimated at $3.52 trillion up $140
>billion over 1996.
> According to the ATRF we have spent 183 days working to pay for the
>government, at a cost of $13,500 each for every man, woman, and child,
>with
> $3,000 each going to pay for the cost of regulations.
> The juxtaposition of the Cost of Government Day, July 3, with
>Independence
>day, July 4, is at best a sick joke. It was the threat of the imposition
>of
>taxes on the colonists by Parliament in 1764 that led to the war for
>independence. One of the spin-offs of our relationship with Great
>Britain is
>that they gave us sheep and the income tax. That is why every few years
>Congress pulled the wool over our eyes and increased our taxes.
> The US. implemented temporary income taxes prior to 1900, all of which
>were
>passed with automatic termination dates - true taxation with
>representation.
> However, beginning in 1914, with the passage of the 16th Amendment to
>the
>Constitution, Congress has passed and the President signed over 250 tax
>bills, with President Clinton's tax program being the largest in US.
>history.
> With the burden of Clinton's tax bill weighing heavily on us, we no
>longer
>truly control the fruits of our labor. American's for Tax Reform
>Foundation,
>in their latest report, show that in addition to paying record taxes,
>Americans also spend $33 billion annually to comply with OSHA's
>regulations,
>and taxpayers spend $190 billion a year just to comply with the U.S. Tax
>Code.
> Currently, Congress is in the process of passing some tax decreases which
>are long overdue. However, we could have an enormous increase in the
>cost of
>government if a provision promoted by the big spenders is adopted that
>will
>grant a $500 per child income tax credit that will be PAID to people that
>pay
>no taxes at all. Fostering class warfare and poisoning the well against
>the
>private sector are two of the big spenders favorite weapons. That's the
>way
>big spenders operate -- when it comes to spending our money, their
>creativity
>borders on genius. Working with the Americans For Tax Reform Foundation;
>the
>Governors of California, Kansas, Massachusetts; and many other states have
>proclaimed July 3, 1997 as Cost Of Living Day. This is not a day to
>celebrate, but a day of mourning and awareness.
> American's For Tax Reform Foundation should be congratulated for creating
>the COGD in order to bring our tax status to public attention."
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