OLD AGE PENSIONS.
■ y —i evidence before the K.S.W COMMISSIONED. Received 10, 11.48 p.m. fevDNßv, January Iff. Mr Peece, General Manager of tLe A.M.P., Society, giving evidenoe before the Old Ago Pensions Commission, said that any organisation under which one section of the community enjoyed advantages at the expense of another,, outraged the most elementary prineiplw * of economies. Pensions were no exception to the rule. Those seeking them wore not of the deserving poor,! •"It such as had led unthrifty, vicious, and intemperate lives. Headvocated compulsory insurance. If the Federal Government would makesuch a scheme compulsory, his Society would do its host. There was toomuch disposition to pander to the' working man. This probably was duo to the conversion of trade unions into political organisations, controlled by gentlemen who made a business of | polities. If it were considered desirable to have pensions, those enjoying ibcnelits should provide at least a portion of the means that were supporting Iheni. In this connection he sug» Bested a stamp duty on wages and a ten duty.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8025, 11 January 1906, Page 2
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173OLD AGE PENSIONS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8025, 11 January 1906, Page 2
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