"SOME OF THE PEOPLE"
"Very Much Polytickled* writes:—l would just like to refer to the proud boast of the Coalition members of the Government that they faithfully represented aU the-people of .all classes. .Howfar does this proud boast agree with, the recent legislation? A huge sum is subtracted from the large majority of, the suffering people to add to the receipts of a much lesser number of people who judged the price-pf land on the price of the products of ay year or two' instead of by an average 'over a number of-years. If it is supposed that the public believe that all this extra exchange money is going into the pockets,of the farmer to spend: a greater mistake could not be made, for^ we believe 'and rightly that most of the farmers will- never see the money, as it will probably go to reduce some of the debt that they already owe in interest, etc.,r and will leave quite a lot of the farmers just -where . they are now_. Millions of pounds will have been received by. the'many moneyed Interests. It is just as well at the present time to remember the solid words used hitherto, "You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool even a majority of people all the time."
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 38, 15 February 1933, Page 8
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220"SOME OF THE PEOPLE" Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 38, 15 February 1933, Page 8
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