BACHELOR TAX.
PROPOSED BY MUSSOLINI.
(Per Press Association—Copyright). ROME, December 28. “The family is the foundation of the State; whoever prevents the development of the family by either NeoMalthusianism or celibacy] is a traitor. Bachelors are dried-up branches, and if I had the faculty, I would cut them off.”
This formed part of Signor Mussolini’s vehement declaration in presenting a Bill to the Chamber of Deputies imposing an extra tax on bachelors between the ages of 25 and 65. The proceeds will form a special fund for the maintenance of orphaned or needy children. Bachelors will, also .be excluded from the benefits of old age pensions. . . Signor Mussolini concluded: Celibacy is one of the most virulent evils 'menacing the development of any nation. If we cannot force Italy’s 1,000,000. bachelors to marry, we can administer medicine in the form of a tax until they realise it is more economical to choose a mate than to remain single.”
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVII, Issue 10807, 30 December 1926, Page 5
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