Some comment on government ownership of telephone properties .. (1914)
Bethell, Frank Hopkins. [from old catalog] · [New York?] · leaf 13
nment ownership proposition, is $400.00 per capita. Atthe same rate, the national debt of the United States would be Thirty-NineBillions, instead of One Billion Dollars. We would become a debt-riddencountry taxed to our eyelashes to meet interest and sinking fund charges,and this in addition to… … TAXES. Now a word about taxes. During 1913 the Bell System alone paid$12,000,000 in taxes to the federal government and to the various states andmunicipalities. The government pays no taxes, not even on its real estate. Government ownership would mean that the $12,000,000 now contributedby…
Government ownership · Telephone
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