Evening star

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American is skeptical of the

quality and stability of his gov

ernment and of the uses to which

his tax money will be put and

this skepticism encourages him to

avoid payment whenever possible.

In Ecuador for example less than

70 per cent of the total income

is reported.

But in the last year five coun

tries-Brazil, Chile, Haiti, El Sal

vador, and Paraguay—have initi

ated criminal penalties for evasion

and other steps are being taken

in places like Peru and the Ar

gentine to make the tax collector

more honest and responsible. The

United States is offering technical

aid to those who seek it and

three countries—Mexico, Colombia

and the Argentine are contem

plating the use of Automatic Data

Processing systems similar to that

being installed here by the In

ternal Revenue Service.

The momentum generated in

the first year has raised consider

able hope that these countries

will progress rapidly toward the

type of tax structure which they

urgently need to support modern

and stable governments.

computers, nor aircraft: the most

practical things are ideas. It is

always from some curious ab

stract. “daydreaming” egghead

that our marvelous gadgets come.

The contempt of "practical”

men for curious men, or of "real

ists” for “just theoreticians," rests

on nothing more than ignorance.

The one thing that curiosity can

never be. is idle.

Now. the freeman, the curious

man, will always disturb his so

ciety. because he will always con

front freshly what is conventional.

He will always dare to re-examine

what seems to others to be “obvi

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1962). Washington, D.C., 1962-04-08. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1962-04-08/ed-1/?sp=66

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1962-04-08.