THE BUDGET DEBATE.
By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] London, May 10. In the Budget debate, Mr Lloyd George, replying to criticism, announced a reduction of twopence on unearned incomes under £SOO. He twit-' ted the Opposition with blaming him for carrying out Disraeli's maxim, uttered in 1872, that "the first duty to a Minister was to look after the people's health.V The Chancellor of the Exchequer added: "The rich and opulent ought to be glad to pay income and super taxes, if only as a cheap price to buy off a social revolution." The Budget resolutions were carried.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 18, 13 May 1914, Page 5
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99THE BUDGET DEBATE. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 18, 13 May 1914, Page 5
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