BAD BUSINESS METHODS.
The glittering figures with which the Prime Minister decks that blessed word "surplus" serve no purpose beyond hypnotising the people into believing that they are much better off than is actually the case. A surplus that is created by paying for repairs and depreciation of public works out of borrowed instead of out of earned money is no surplus at all, and the Government that carries out such a policy is like a man who shows a profit on his year's trading by the simple process of borrowing money to pay his rent and buy his stock. Methods which are not good enough for private business, remarks the Christchurch "Press," should not be made the methods on which the business of New Zealand is conducted.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3018, 15 October 1908, Page 4
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128BAD BUSINESS METHODS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3018, 15 October 1908, Page 4
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