Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1916 — Income Tax Publicity. [ARTICLE]

Income Tax Publicity.

One after another the arguments upon which the income tax was authorized are being turned into false pretenses. The argument that the government ought to have the power to levy an income tax in case of emergency Use war looks particular ly deceptive since the tax has been doubled in peace. The argument that the returns would and should be kept secret is now subject to the recall. Senator Poindexter has - introduced a bill to publish them all, and there is a suggestion that the idea will fee incorporated in a revenue bill. Certainly, publish every thing. AU privacy is scandalous. These are the Scriptural days when there Is nothing covered which shall not be revealed and nothing hid that should not be known. All that is needed to make the income tax entirely democratic is that it shall include everybody, whether paying an income tax or not. Every man ought to prove that he is or is not taxable.

There is as much delicious neighborhood gossip about the small incomes as there is big political scandal about the malefactors’ fortunes. —New York Times.