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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner publishes daily except Sundays and holidays from 425 Main Street, Bennington Vermont 05201, under Banner Publishing Corporation.
The column argues Social Security taxes now bite deeper on take home pay as benefits rise. It notes the tax base expanded from 10 800 to 13 200 and that the marginal burden falls on ordinary workers while high earners escape much of it. The piece contrasts this with the income tax, which it says remains less volatile.
In an election year Vermont faces a likely failure to pass a gas tax increase as the House Highway Committee chairman Rep. Joseph Caracciola opposes any hike. He even joked about slashing budgets to end the session, highlighting GOP politics and energy crisis discomfort amid Lt. Gov. Burgess weighing a governors bid and resisting emergency powers.
The speech outlines a quirky Vermont bid for the U S Senate with promises of minimal campaigning funds, release of personal gifts, and a tenacious stance on issues. It features jabs at rivals, defense of nontraditional positions, and tongue in cheek pledges including shoes as a platform and relocation aid for Vermonters to Manhattan.
A columnist defends labeling leftist activists as Nazis while contrasting Communists, highlighting anti Semitism in Russian Chinese and Nazi style ideologies, referencing Western and Israeli contexts and a New Jersey rally by the N J Committee to Throw the Bum Out.
Adelle Smith mails her income tax while Congress debates Nixon impeachment. The column links personal tax payments to political power, notes Nixon paid 792 dollars in 1970 on 262 942 earnings and 878 dollars in 1971 on 262 384, and argues tax policy favors the rich amid an energy crisis and campaign influence. It predicts a tense midterm with incumbents preyed upon by voters seeking leadership and tax reform.
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