Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MARCH. 1972 . . . Good H Work flows smoothly, and we get things done with more efficiency and with less waste of time and energy when we cultivate orderly working habits. All of us have the responsibility for h el nine lceor? our nlnnt. ~ ~ -1 ; ? , n v?v?? piuiiio vtcuu anu Hi ^ order to protect the health, safety, and welfare of ourselves and our fellow employees. Good housekeeping means many things: the care of equipment and i 0 "m .v'a^^K' r- 7 t^H Afll^Rv ' ..??Hr . JBSSOr: * ' a. jHHBL r Thornwell SPELLING CHAMP Lee Tumblin. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Tumblin of Clinton, represented the Thornwell Schools in the county spelling contest in Laurens March 25. Lee is a member of the seventh grade at Thornwell Schools. The winner in the county contest will advance to the state contest in Columbia. Lee's mother (Doris Tumblin) is the Clinton Mills Receptionist. ' BMnm ousekeeping Is Esse supplies which we use daily; the duty to maintain clean and orderly work 1 areas; the responsibility to develop ] well-organized working habits. i Little things, when neglected or i overlooked, can sometimes mushroom into real problems. A shabby plant, for instance, can make a poor impression on customers. Inadequate housekeeping can be a stumbling block in the flow of production and can dimin- 1 ish quality and lower morale as well, i TAXPAYERS SHOULD WATC Many taxpayers get smaller refunds ?or have additional taxes to pay? because of errors in reporting medical i expenses, H. M. McLeod, District Di- j rector of Internal Revenue for South 1 Carolina, said today. 1 To avoid errors in deducting medical ] expenses on 1971 returns, McLeod ad vised taxpayers to read Form 1040 instructions carefully before filing. , A common error made by taxpayers ^ reporting medical expenses is in the ( deductions of medicine and drug expenses. These expenses should be ad- ( ded to the taxpayer's other medical expenses only to the extent they ex:eed one percent of adjusted gross in:ome. ] "77i?f\s Our Money T What can you say about $246,256,740,000? That it is enormous, and hard to visualize that the Federal Government will eventually collect it from you and me. History strongly supports the thesis that public expenditures will always increase sufficiently to pre-empt every increase in public revenues. In short, government will spend all the money the taxDavers couch un?anrl thpn some. Anyone who thinks the situation isn't serious should consider these facts recently appearing in an area newspaper. "Convert the 1073 federal budget into dollar bills, fasten them end to end, and you would have a belt of green that could reach around the earth 056 times. "But visualizing that many billions becomes easier if you think in terms of spending it on everyday things. "If your 20 year. 8 per cent home mortgage were for that amount, your payments would be $47,100 a minute. 3 mtial . . . Good housekeeping also has a direct bearing on waste. With things out of place and hard to find, our efficiency is slowed, and our chance to produce Kronomically is greatly reduced. So, let's practice good housekeeping. By doing so we will give better service to our customers, we will produce finer quality fabrics, and we will contribute toward greater job security for everyone, H MEDICAL DEDUCTIONS "Some taxpayers," McLeod said, 'try to deduct in full their drug costs in excess of one percent of their adjusted gross income instead of adding this excess to their other medical expenses, which are subject to a three percent limitation." Another common error last year by taxpayers involved the medical insurance premium deduction. One-half me cost 01 tne premium paid for medical insurance, up to $150, can be listed without regard to the three percent :>{ income limitation. The Form 1040 instructions explain what is and is not deductible and also [iow the expenses should be reported. hey Are Spending" "You could buy the entire coin production of the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco mints for 720 years. "It is enough to solve the poverty problem. You could open a savings account for every individual and family whose income was below the poverty line in 1970. The interest, at 4.75 per cent, should raise each one above the poverty line forever. "Or you could apply it to the farm problem instead, by tying a $l,000-dollar bill to every ear of corn grown in the United States in one summer. "You could solve the pollution problem by confiscating every automobile in the country and compensating the owners $2,674.32 for each one. "Or?and this idea for disposing of the federal budget for 1973 may have the most appeal of all ? you could write an $86,015.75 severance nav check to oach employee of the U. S. Government." So. taxpayers, look sharp. Yes, look into that famous edifice in Washington and see what is going on there. It is your money that is being spent so fast.