Bachelor and Spinster Taxes?
FIELD: Now, Dr. Falla, what economic changes do you consider likely or desirable? I want to hear what you think about such proposals as bachelor and spinster taxes; direct payment to wives out of the earnings of industry; special housing facilities for parents of large families. Do you think any of these are practicable or desirable?
FALLA: s. Some of them are practicapie, and most of them are desirable. I think the first and most important principle is that the extent of a person’s family responsibility should be taken into account in determining what share of goods and services she should receive. The Bachelor and Spinster Tax is perhaps of negative rather than a positive appeal, and methods
of direct assistance are to be preferred for psychological reasons. There is already provision for family allowance under Social Security legislation in New Zealand, and some exemption in income tax for each dependant child, while wages awards are often based on the needs of an average family. It is an important question. Women and dependent children make up about half of any census return; statistics show that the death-risk to mothers is still higher than to miners or similar dangerous occupations.-(" The Changing Bases of Society," a discussion between Professor H. E. Field and Dr. R. A. Falla, 3YA, August 20.) 9
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 116, 12 September 1941, Page 5
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