HOSPITALS AND CHARITABLE AID.
; The prpsant system of raising, the revenue' required fcxf> the: maintenance' of the hospital arid charitable aid: tutions in the Dominion can regarded, as equitable; ' The rate is imposed upon the valuation of the . d&feie4» for taxation purThua we find Masterton, with a, population, of practicaHy one-third; ; of, tha, vphole dietxicrfc* contributing •about; one-tenth (if we remember rightly); of the revenue inquired. •The fact is that rural taxpayers are being twmercifully bled for the benefit of urban dwellers. For ourselves, we cannot see why a man who makes £IOOO -a year out of business should pay less towards hospitals ahdcharitable aid than the man who make? £IOOO out of land. The taxpayer in : in the town is taxed for hospital and : charitable aid <on. the value of his ; land, and not* on the value of his business. It will readily , be seen that the rural taxpayer contributes out. o£'all proportion to the town dweller;. In our opinion; this is tinjust.':' :
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 1 July 1913, Page 4
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164HOSPITALS AND CHARITABLE AID. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 1 July 1913, Page 4
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