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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 539, 11 June 1920, Page 2

" What struck me as one of the fairest taxation proposals 1 have seen was contained in a manifesto issued some time ago bv the British Labour Party." said Mr. James Begg at the conference of the OtamrFanncrs' Union last week. "It was to fect," continued Mr. Begg, "that come tax should be levied not on men r but on families. Under this proposal/' a single man would pay the fall and a married man with the samef salary but with a family of seven,* would have his income divided by | seven, which would mean that lip would pay no tax at all." The ptin- ( ciple enunciated met with cordial endorsement at the hands of the meeting, one speaker remarking, "That, idea would suit me splendidly, as I have a family Of eight," and another: "It would certainly give a - creat impetus to the national birth*- r rate.." A.