STATE OF THE NATION
Miller, Olin
State of The Nation By Olin Miller The Federal government has drawn up a much simpler income tax report form for use next year. In order to fill out one of the old forms, as you probably can't...
...Squire Perkins says: "Th' parson preached on 'Faith' Sunday, but he took up th' collection befo' he delivered th' sermon...
...And in these days the government can't afford to lose taxpayers...
...With the new form, we're afraid many a weak-hearted taxpayer will succumb under the sudden shock of learning the bad news quickly...
...In order to fill out one of the old forms, as you probably can't forget, one had to use a calculating machine, a ouija board, a table of logarithms, a slide rule, an infinite amount of patience, four boxes of aspirin, and three days...
...Heretofore the taxpayer arrived so gradually at the amount of tax the government was soaking him for that his nervous system was able to withstand the shock in instalments...
...Still, we fear the government made a big mistake when it simplified this form...
Vol. 5 • December 1941 • No. 49
