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YOUR
CONGRESSMAN
REPORTS
Rr tteO. *?itrr P, Harris or .Washington—There seam to be no end to the examples of inequi- ’ ties and injustices to be found in the hodgepodge of federal tax laws. , This is evident as we continue our exhaustive tax study.in the Committee on Ways and Means of the (House of Representatives.
Chairman Wilbur D. Mills of the Committee cited a number of these anomalies in an article appearing in a recent issue of Life Magazine. They have been part of the history of our income tax system from its inception. Through the years, they have grown and multiplied, as an effort was made . to balance a “concession” for one group of taxpayers against an “advantage” for another group. The effort to approach fairness by patchwork has produced, however, only a more intricate fabric of con, tradictions and disordef. Without examining the claimed justifications for them, let us look . at a few more examples: There probably are a number of married couples in your communi^ ty, both parties past 65, who a^CgJ living on a combination of industrial retirement benefits and social security, as are John and Mary
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