June 26, 1968 (8 pages)

anh a EP a NE OTN a Jy F wp 4 2 The Nevado County Nugge. Wednesday, June 26, 1968 a, ? oak PaB137@ JAD OdA2 Fe AOS Oe citdieiiaimauneadiiiil Not doing enough! While planners and politicians talk of the government rebuilding cities, guaranteeing jobs, underwriting medical care, education, social security, housing, cheap electricity, and Lord knows what else, a few facts about taxes are pertinent. Total taxes estimated to be collected in fiscal 1968 by all levels of government in the U.S. will equal about $3,550 per American family, up $134 from last year, Twelve years ago, taxes collected by federal, state and local governments combined were equivalent to $1,897 per ‘ family. Total tax receipts in fiscal 1968 will exceed 1967 receipts by about $10 billion. ‘They will be over $100 billion higher than a dozen years ago. The collections in 1968 will provide $148 billion for the federal government and $69 billion for state and local governments, There are still those who say that taxpayers are not doing enough! There are millions more of us raising families and running businesses under the mounting pressure of taxes and inflation who say that government is doing too much---much more than even the wealthiest nation on earth can afford! “There oughta be . .”’ Gun laws, building laws, laws to protect unwed mothers and laws to expose unwed fathers, laws to protect juvenile criminals, laws to prevent riots and laws that encourage” them. We are rapidly becoming a nation of law urgers and law passers. When we can't solve a problem, we pass a law. The problem usually persists, but we absolve ourselves with "We tried." The Slogan of the land is "There oughta be a law” and when a crowd of citizens begins chanting it, we pass another law. Maybe there oughta be a law compelling us to cease passing new laws..at least until we start obeying the ones already on the books, The price of security Sweden is considered an advanced welfare state. In Sweden, the government "takes care" of you from birth to death. But the bill for this kind of care comes high, Those who live in the delusion that government provides free services will find it instructive to compare the taxes paid by U. S. citizens against those paid by Swedish citizens, In the United States, which so far is only partly welfarized, taxes take about 22 per cent of a single person's income and about 18 per cent of the income of a married couple without children, Socialwelfare Sweden is the highest taxed nation in Europe. Total taxes paid by the average worker in Sweden now exceed 40 per cent of his income, according to U. S, News & World Report. Swedish people in the medium bracket--incomes of about $8,000 a year--pay well over 50 per cent if all taxes are added up, No, the security of the welfare state is not free. Moreover, it is provided at the expense of liberty, for certainly there can be little liberty where people have lost the power of decision over their productive efforts. Lame ducks.. The incumbent who loses in the June primary should be given two weeks to wind up his official affairs, and thenclear out. . And he shouldn't be allowed to vote on any motions during his final days. No employer would retain a man for six months after firing him. Work, save ? Most of us are painfully aware that our dollars ain’t what they used to be, Like about 41 percent of what they were worth in 1939. But if you think that’s bad, hold onto your hats. _ At present the dollar is losing value at the inflationary rate of nearly five percent a year. If this continues, here’s the bad news: In five years the dollar will be worth 32 cents compared with 1939. In 10 years it’ll be down to 27 cents. In 20 years the value will be 21 cents. In 30 years? A puny 17 pennies! Anyone for the theory that a little inflation is good for us? Mac’s mulligan GROWING UP. The little boy, about three, had to go, and his mama took him to the ladies room at Scotts Flat Sunday. Hesitating outside he asked: Do I have to go in that. side?" Mama replied, "Yes, because I can't take you into the men's place." "Well," he said, "Okay, but just this once — no more." * * *& SCOTTS FLAT, by the way, is getting a big play from boaters, swimmers, fishermen, and picnickers, A beautiful play area well handled by Mr. and Mrs, Martin ‘mre and family. ** L. G, ACKERET, Berkeley, Grassroots Opinions LOVINGTON, N.M., LEADER: ',..property rights are not too popular at the moment. They seem to have been set aside in favor of -the euphemistic ‘human rights,’ Lost inthe sound and fury is tne sobering truth that so-called human rights are worthless without corresponding property rights, Western society has long held that a man is entitled to the produce of his labor. This labor, whether it be manual-or~mental, is of value only when exchanged for some material thing, i.e., some property. Property is nothing less than an extension of a person's being." FLORENCE, ALA,, HERALD' "Government spending far beyond income has intensified inflation and placed the American consumer in a staggering price squeeze, In fact the red ink on government ledgers is so tremendous that it is past ordinary comprehension..For instancethe government in the past six years has spent $60 billion more than its income fromthe taxpayers. This averages about $50 million a day or $100,000 a minute, every minute, eight hours a day, 40 hours a week.. Not being experts in the realm of finance, we can only exhort those who ARE to do something to return this nation to a sane fiscal policy." EVERETT, WASH., HERALD: "Across the nation in these incredible days colleges with student populations of many thousands are being crippled or closed by tiny minorities of demonstrators. It has never before oc-. ' curred in our nation and its a _ heck of a way to teach how democracy should operate," NANTUCKET, MASS,, INQUIRER AND MIRROR: "It would be in order for the pressto start publicizing the activities of the law-abiding citizen as well as the Jaw-defying ones, In this year of political strife, perhaps the aspiring candidates for office may realize that the best support they could desire comes from the people of this country to whom 'law and order' mean just what they represent." suggests the "perfect ending" to that long list of communities on The Nugget's front page. He would add "and Timbuctoo". We like the idea and will call a conference of editors to determine whether to endorse the recommendation. Timbuctoo would follow Delirium Tremens, Or maybe it should be the other way around. * * * i LOUISE BRADLEY, news gal, complains that Mac's Mulligan is "too male-oriented." Guess she has something there. Louise says she celebrated her 29th birthday on Sunday. One of the gifts received was a beer sign for her boys. They put the sign up in a bedroom where it plugs Burgie in neon lights. Louise put her foot down — zowie —when the lads suggested the sign would look good in the window. Louise also reports getting up at 4:30 Monday morning to watch Grass Valley firemen extinguish a wee grass fire. A wee grass fire in the wee small hours seems most appropriate, especially when. the grass was in Grass Valley. * * * THE CONGRESSMAN "disclosed" that high quality. trout fishing in the West is no longer limited to the isolated streams of the-highcountry, so said the news release. That . word "disclosed" is interesting. Makes you feel that.you are being let in on a secret, top drawer stuff. Come to think of it, maybe it is a secret. I went fishing the other day and got skunked,’so I'm writing the congressman and asking to be let in on where the trout are hiding, If I find out I'll let you know. * * * HE COULDN'T win for losing. Dr, Amedeo de Luca of Naples objected to the cooking style in a Roman cafe so he brought his own spaghetti and raw meat — .to demonstrate the true Neapolitan way. But a waiter refused to let him cook and an off duty policeman tried to settle the hassle, Dr. de Luca, they say, lost his cool and dumped the spaghetti over the officer's head, The court convicted the good doctor and gave him four months, 10 days in the pokey. Next time you feel the urge to tell off the establishment, remember this yarn, It could happen here — and there's plenty of provocation at times, Nevadal County Rainfall Gauge NEVADA CITY Max. Min. R, June 19 91 49° 00 June 20 91 45 .00 June 21 89 9 -00 June 22 90 51 00 June 23 93 51 .00: June 24 89 56 .00 June 25 § 97 51 00 Rainfall to date — 35.57 Rainfall last year ; 69,99 GRASS VALLEY Max. Min. R, June 19 93 56 .00 June 20 91 52 .00 June 21 86 55 .00 June 22 92 57 .00 June 23 95 57 .00 June 24 89 /62 .00 June 25 97 59:00 Rainfall to date "$9.14 Rainfall last year “64.57 Letters Dear Sir: On May 30 a group of eleven Sisters visited my parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shea of Nevada City. They had planned a picnic for us at Pioneer Park, In the name of all of us from San Francisco I want to thank you and through you to thank the man in charge, a Mr, Wales I believe I was told, for keeping your park so neat and beautiful and a real credit to your city. We look forward to visiting your park in the future. Sincerely, SISTER M. CHARLOTTE, O, P. 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anh a EP a NE OTN a Jy F wp 4 2 The Nevado County Nugge. Wednesday, June 26, 1968 a, ? oak PaB137@ JAD OdA2 Fe AOS Oe citdieiiaimauneadiiiil Not doing enough! While planners and politicians talk of the government rebuilding cities, guaranteeing jobs, underwriting medical care, education, social security, housing, cheap electricity, and Lord knows what else, a few facts about taxes are pertinent. Total taxes estimated to be collected in fiscal 1968 by all levels of government in the U.S. will equal about $3,550 per American family, up $134 from last year, Twelve years ago, taxes collected by federal, state and local governments combined were equivalent to $1,897 per ‘ family. Total tax receipts in fiscal 1968 will exceed 1967 receipts by about $10 billion. ‘They will be over $100 billion higher than a dozen years ago. The collections in 1968 will provide $148 billion for the federal government and $69 billion for state and local governments, There are still those who say that taxpayers are not doing enough! There are millions more of us raising families and running businesses under the mounting pressure of taxes and inflation who say that government is doing too much---much more than even the wealthiest nation on earth can afford! “There oughta be .. .”’ Gun laws, building laws, laws to protect unwed mothers and laws to expose unwed fathers, laws to protect juvenile criminals, laws to prevent riots and laws that encourage” them. We are rapidly becoming a nation of law urgers and law passers. When we can't solve a problem, we pass a law. The problem usually persists, but we absolve ourselves with "We tried." The Slogan of the land is "There oughta be a law” and when a crowd of citizens begins chanting it, we pass another law. Maybe there oughta be a law compelling us to cease passing new laws...at least until we start obeying the ones already on the books, The price of security Sweden is considered an advanced welfare state. In Sweden, the government "takes care" of you from birth to death. But the bill for this kind of care comes high, Those who live in the delusion that government provides free services will find it instructive to compare the taxes paid by U. S. citizens against those paid by Swedish citizens, In the United States, which so far is only partly welfarized, taxes take about 22 per cent of a single person's income and about 18 per cent of the income of a married couple without children, Socialwelfare Sweden is the highest taxed nation in Europe. Total taxes paid by the average worker in Sweden now exceed 40 per cent of his income, according to U. S, News & World Report. Swedish people in the medium bracket--incomes of about $8,000 a year--pay well over 50 per cent if all taxes are added up, No, the security of the welfare state is not free. Moreover, it is provided at the expense of liberty, for certainly there can be little liberty where people have lost the power of decision over their productive efforts. Lame ducks... The incumbent who loses in the June primary should be given two weeks to wind up his official affairs, and thenclear out. . And he shouldn't be allowed to vote on any motions during his final days. No employer would retain a man for six months after firing him. Work, save ? Most of us are painfully aware that our dollars ain’t what they used to be, Like about 41 percent of what they were worth in 1939. But if you think that’s bad, hold onto your hats. _ At present the dollar is losing value at the inflationary rate of nearly five percent a year. If this continues, here’s the bad news: In five years the dollar will be worth 32 cents compared with 1939. In 10 years it’ll be down to 27 cents. In 20 years the value will be 21 cents. In 30 years? A puny 17 pennies! Anyone for the theory that a little inflation is good for us? Mac’s mulligan GROWING UP. The little boy, about three, had to go, and his mama took him to the ladies room at Scotts Flat Sunday. Hesitating outside he asked: Do I have to go in that. side?" Mama replied, "Yes, because I can't take you into the men's place." "Well," he said, "Okay, but just this once — no more." * * *& SCOTTS FLAT, by the way, is getting a big play from boaters, swimmers, fishermen, and picnickers, A beautiful play area well handled by Mr. and Mrs, Martin ‘mre and family. ** L. G, ACKERET, Berkeley, Grassroots Opinions LOVINGTON, N.M., LEADER: ',....property rights are not too popular at the moment. They seem to have been set aside in favor of -the euphemistic ‘human rights,’ Lost inthe sound and fury is tne sobering truth that so-called human rights are worthless without corresponding property rights, Western society has long held that a man is entitled to the produce of his labor. This labor, whether it be manual-or~mental, is of value only when exchanged for some material thing, i.e., some property. Property is nothing less than an extension of a person's being." FLORENCE, ALA,, HERALD' "Government spending far beyond income has intensified inflation and placed the American

consumer in a staggering price squeeze, In fact the red ink on government ledgers is so tremendous that it is past ordinary comprehension....For instancethe government in the past six years has spent $60 billion more than its income fromthe taxpayers. This averages about $50 million a day or $100,000 a minute, every minute, eight hours a day, 40 hours a week... Not being experts in the realm of finance, we can only exhort those who ARE to do something to return this nation to a sane fiscal policy." EVERETT, WASH., HERALD: "Across the nation in these incredible days colleges with student populations of many thousands are being crippled or closed by tiny minorities of demonstrators. It has never before oc-. ' curred in our nation and its a _ heck of a way to teach how democracy should operate," NANTUCKET, MASS,, INQUIRER AND MIRROR: "It would be in order for the pressto start publicizing the activities of the law-abiding citizen as well as the Jaw-defying ones, In this year of political strife, perhaps the aspiring candidates for office may realize that the best support they could desire comes from the people of this country to whom 'law and order' mean just what they represent." suggests the "perfect ending" to that long list of communities on The Nugget's front page. He would add "and Timbuctoo". We like the idea and will call a conference of editors to determine whether to endorse the recommendation. Timbuctoo would follow Delirium Tremens, Or maybe it should be the other way around. * * * i LOUISE BRADLEY, news gal, complains that Mac's Mulligan is "too male-oriented." Guess she has something there. Louise says she celebrated her 29th birthday on Sunday. One of the gifts received was a beer sign for her boys. They put the sign up in a bedroom where it plugs Burgie in neon lights. Louise put her foot down — zowie —when the lads suggested the sign would look good in the window. Louise also reports getting up at 4:30 Monday morning to watch Grass Valley firemen extinguish a wee grass fire. A wee grass fire in the wee small hours seems most appropriate, especially when. the grass was in Grass Valley. * * * THE CONGRESSMAN "disclosed" that high quality. trout fishing in the West is no longer limited to the isolated streams of the-highcountry, so said the news release. That . word "disclosed" is interesting. Makes you feel that..you are being let in on a secret, top drawer stuff. Come to think of it, maybe it is a secret. I went fishing the other day and got skunked,’so I'm writing the congressman and asking to be let in on where the trout are hiding, If I find out I'll let you know. * * * HE COULDN'T win for losing. Dr, Amedeo de Luca of Naples objected to the cooking style in a Roman cafe so he brought his own spaghetti and raw meat — .to demonstrate the true Neapolitan way. But a waiter refused to let him cook and an off duty policeman tried to settle the hassle, Dr. de Luca, they say, lost his cool and dumped the spaghetti over the officer's head, The court convicted the good doctor and gave him four months, 10 days in the pokey. Next time you feel the urge to tell off the establishment, remember this yarn, It could happen here — and there's plenty of provocation at times, Nevadal County Rainfall Gauge NEVADA CITY Max. Min. R, June 19 91 49° 00 June 20 91 45 .00 June 21 89 9 -00 June 22 90 51 00 June 23 93 51 .00: June 24 89 56 .00 June 25 § 97 51 00 Rainfall to date — 35.57 Rainfall last year ; 69,99 GRASS VALLEY Max. Min. R, June 19 93 56 .00 June 20 91 52 .00 June 21 86 55 .00 June 22 92 57 .00 June 23 95 57 .00 June 24 89 /62 .00 June 25 97 59:00 Rainfall to date "$9.14 Rainfall last year “64.57 Letters Dear Sir: On May 30 a group of eleven Sisters visited my parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shea of Nevada City. They had planned a picnic for us at Pioneer Park, In the name of all of us from San Francisco I want to thank you and through you to thank the man in charge, a Mr, Wales I believe I was told, for keeping your park so neat and beautiful and a real credit to your city. We look forward to visiting your park in the future. Sincerely, SISTER M. CHARLOTTE, O, P. Principal NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET] PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NEVADA COUNTY PUBLISHING CO, $01 Broad Street Nevada City, Ca.95959 Telephone 265-2471 Second class postage paid at Nevada City, California. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by the Nevada County Superior Court , Juce 3, 1960. DecreeNo, 12,406,Subscription Rates: one year, $3.00; two years, $5.00,