Unwarranted State Acivities

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 31, 30 October 1937, Page 3

Unwarranted State Acivities

Discussing the various points in his amendment, Mr Hamilton said thero was no doubt that tke Government was encTOacking on- the fields wkick legitimately belonged to private enterprise. Moreover, tke result of tkat encroa'chment was not beneficial. A case in point was provided ,by .tke aetivities of tke Housing .Construction Departmeut. iBetter and cheaper kouses had been built before tke introduction * of the "Government 's sckeme. Commercial broadcasting was another fqrm of •State activity wkick was entirely unwarrantecL • " There can be no doubt tkat taxation is being imposed to cover the eoat of State aetivities, n Mr Hamilton. con«" tinued. "In the case. of tke Itailways Department, expenditure is" well ahead of revenue and this is a case of tke Government expanding its aetivities at the expense of- the taxpayer. Then there is the problem of the rising cost of living. The discussion which we have had to-day on the ' wheat industry shows how the taxpayer is finding the mqney to finance the Government 's endeavours to keep down tke cost of living.*