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Page 677
Tax wheat , and bread becomes dearer — the eater , the consumer , pays the tax . ... Therefore the natural inference is that if land were taxed land would become dearer . Yet it is not so , because land is a monopoly .
Tax wheat , and bread becomes dearer — the eater , the consumer , pays the tax . ... Therefore the natural inference is that if land were taxed land would become dearer . Yet it is not so , because land is a monopoly .
Page 684
We claim that the taxation of such unproductive wealth would , in fact , penalise it , and force it to become productive , thereby increasing the supply and reducing the rent of land and minerals , which are the raw material of all ...
We claim that the taxation of such unproductive wealth would , in fact , penalise it , and force it to become productive , thereby increasing the supply and reducing the rent of land and minerals , which are the raw material of all ...
Page 765
On the other hand , what was to become of all our social well - being if our material prosperity became undermined ? “ This country must remain a great Power or she will become a poor country ; and those who in seeking , as they are ...
On the other hand , what was to become of all our social well - being if our material prosperity became undermined ? “ This country must remain a great Power or she will become a poor country ; and those who in seeking , as they are ...
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