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■ ....... _ ...... ... . _.■■•■."■■,■;- ,;;ti, - ■ ■■ ■ • ' ' ' ■ .• ' " ' ' *■"■'•..■•■■ : '. Yotill PAY all rigfct-but work out m^atyoullcollmtJi "Look, Jack, you'rei-2i years old*V the insurance people cafl *fifst<lass KvcsV So I- .v, "Th t' ' ht" average expectancy of further life would probably be ? ~ g "*. . only about 40 years. Ta get back the money you paid "And throughout your working life you 11 probably in> at Pension Rate of 30/- a week, you'd have to - average about £5 a week. live to 104! Which means that the ave»*age man would * v I suppose so". * never have a chance of receiving the pension at all. He ttxvr 11 1; + « *J; «w» Tt, T 1 „ r«^^« ♦««»«*. would live just long enough to pay directly and indirectly « Well now, listen to me The Labour Government a possible J £3 ,400 into a hungrf Governments pockeU is going to take 1/- out of every pound you earn, plus r a pound poll tax annually. So that they're taking &ye "No, Jack, this Social Security scheme is just a confidence shillings a week, or £14 a year out of your hard earned trick on the workers. Even the wage tax on children money. under 21 will fall mostly on our children—because they , T .» 1 * ,„ > ,' , /. start work younger than most. The National Party " Now if you work it out you'll find that £14 a year atdit, . * 'V + «^>+ +^ ™r>«™*« ™ / , . • • 1 j • wont increase the wage tax, won t tax women or compounded m principal and interest at 5 per cent. . v ~ ° * j rtrt^iflte u^nw «^/.a , t .^ t . f • 1 \ children, will provide a free and complete health service (which is a fair rate to take) amounts in 40 years to z. , ' r ■ * ir j :*■ a-i :ii ***,* t<m* « a.^ a >, „ ' J for those who cannot afford it, and will provide a tree v +.1,700 . . . ; '** 5/ „ „ „ t „ maternity service. " Yes, Jim, I follow all that". / ■ •■ , fl ..- «^i !. 1 ~ . in. *i. -u-ir .v j ««And don't forget the National Party will provide a " That's onlj direct tax The other shiUmg^they need sound supefaGni r at ion scheme without a means test for comes out of the Consolidated Fund-in other words evefyone not already adequately covered. What's more 1 your pocket. Now how much do you get back? the / can finallC e these schemes. They get my vote.'V. t According to insurance figures, men who reach the age J . ■ of 20 can expect to live to 62. But those are what "I see your point-they'll get my vote too," feNMIONAL lor PERSONAL FREEDOM —.STABILITY — OPPORTUNITY
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 82, 4 October 1938, Page 7
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459Page 7 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 82, 4 October 1938, Page 7
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