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    "ocrText": "S\n334 South 13.00 East\nSalt Lake City, Utah 84102\nAugust 7, 1967\nPresident Lyndon B. Johnson\nSenator Wallace F. Bennett\nSenator Frank E. Moss\nCorgressman Lawrence Burton\nCongressman Sherman Lloyd\nMost Honorable Gentlemen:\nWhat I would say to one I would say to all, therefore this same letter\nis addressed to all of you.\nI can in no way agree with the President's proposed 10 percent income\ntax surcharge. Realizing that I am just John Q. Public and not in possession\nof all the facts it will be easy for you to disregard my sentiments with\nshe's unqualified because he doesn't know the facts.\" To this I simply retort\nthat since Mr. Johnson has been in the White House who has had the facts?\nWe hear the pro and con discussion with regard to debt. *Some debt is\nnecessary, but debt as a way of life is basicly unsound. Debt has become\na way of life in the United States and has gotten out of hand-privately and\nin government. It would be marvelous if I, on a $10,000 a year job, could\ndecide that I wanted to spend $150,000 per year and thus go to my employer and\ntell him that I wanted him toraise my wages to cover my desire to spend. But\nI can't, and yet Mr. Johnson thinks he is privileged in this regard and can\ngo to his employer (the people of the United States) and not ask, but tell them\nthat they have to give him more money because he doesn't have the intestinal\nfortitude to live within a budget which is determined by his income. In any\nnormal spending situation a decision has to be made, but Mr. Johnson doesn't\nmake a decision about priority spending-he just spends for everything. He's\nbeen spending billions a year on poverty which has not solved one ghetto problem.\nMr. Johnson's approach to the whole problem reminds me of a man walking around with\na bushel basket over his head.\nNeedless to say I'm fed up with what's going on in Washington, D.C.\nI think it's time for a drastic change. I'm willing to work day and night for a\ndrastic change. By this I mean that when election time rolls around in 1968\nI'm going to be ACTIVELY campaigning FOR men who voted against the 10 percent\nindi vidual income tax surcharge, and campaigning AGAINST LYndon B. Johnson and\nany member of Congress who votes for the 10 percent tax surcharge.\nMr. Johnson has affronted my intelligence, integrity and character\ntoo long. A change must be made.\nSincerely,"
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