A historic window into early 20th‑century budget debates and the case against heavy taxation. This speech, delivered to Glasgow’s commercial community, weighs the impact of death duties, capital taxes, and government spending on industry and liberty.
With a clear, practical voice, the speaker argues for retrenchment, responsible public finance, and a businesslike approach to running the state. The address contrasts capital as the nation’s war resource with policies that would broaden state power, and it questions the direction of tax policy and social reform.
Ideal for readers of political history, economic policy, and archival speeches from the early 1900s.
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Anbieter: Forgotten Books, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book captures a speech delivered in 1909 by a politician departing from his party on the issue of the day's most momentous measure â" the budget. Though painful for the author to stand in opposition to former allies, he believes the budget's principles are detrimental to the nation. The author argues the budget's measures, designed to raise money for defense spending, will instead deplete capital, on which labor depends. He maintains the proposed heavy taxes on land are calculated to bring small return while causing widespread insecurity. The author provides a lengthy argument against the proposed "super tax" on the wealthy. He concludes the budget will not benefit the poor as the government claims; instead, it will ultimately harm them by diminishing their wages. While labeled a "poor man's budget," the author believes the poor will be the ones upon whom the budget's burden ultimately falls. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781331538400_0
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PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LW-9781331538400
Anbieter: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Vereinigtes Königreich
PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers LW-9781331538400
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