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2~ ~I' ts of Government are in the same position. Prof. R J. Smeed, one of the world's ic systems analysts, has shown that the more commuters a town lias, the more r capita it must build. He shows that where there arc 10,000 Commuters in a require 8 square feet of roadway per person; 100,000 conunutcrs require 28, and I ommuters require 97 square feet of roadway per person. Dr. Smccd shows a I rease in population requires not a lOQ...fold increase in roadway, but a 12DO-fold I oadway. I people also bring Jots of new demands on tax dollars. Studies show that every iidents include SOD adults, 300 preschool children and 200 school children. Among :Iuded 19 blind persons, 67 aged persons, 11 juvenile delinquents, 16 alcoholics ally retarded children. - TIle demands that growth puts upon so~cty all too often prC'icnts that society from solving its existing serious problems. The costs of growth take tax dollars which sh~ld be re-directed to making a livable soclt!ty. There is a discrepancy between who benefits and who pays for growth. Some businesses may benefit; few citizens do. They are, in fact, sub:~idizing the growth so a few real estate and business interests can m:ife money. I , TIle Chamber of Commerce brags that the "business climate" of Colorado is fine; trans- lated that means that 87% of the taxload of Colorado is in sales and person:!lincome taxes. Colorado is 30th in personal income, but 19th in personal taxload. FREEDOM AND GROWTH Colorado is rapidly losing its quality or life. Our parks are increasingly congested, our big game diminished, our trout str~arns overused our air dirtier, our recreatIOnal facilities' overcrowded, our lives more regimented. Additional people will not only bring in morc expenses than reVL"nUe, they will surely also restrict the average man's freed~m. Last year 70% of the bills introduced mto. the Colorado legislature would have restnctcd peoples "freedom" in one wa~ or the oth~r. More people living in a dcfimte area requITe more !!:ovcrnmental controls, more laws, more bureaucracy, more over-organizatlon and more interference with individual freedom. ,nd "do how PLY By uad. king hple L~ ihter ill(,"d I:lrh. 1980 ~\iD. . . , 1 j I -I m... _llOtj - I ~ 'I ., ~ I , . . . . . "