Controls On Land
Sir, —Most farmers undoubtedly hold the opinion that we have enough controls on land already and will be amazed particularly those in Rangiora electorate—that Mr Pickering considers that there are not nearly enough. Unfortunately, the matter does not end there. Most farmers think that after they have paid a lot of money, and perhaps worked many years developing it, the farm is theirs to pass on as they see fit. Not so: they just don’t count. Politicians’ ideas of what is the greatest benefit to the whole community are all that matters. Mr Pickering's conception could have been lifted straight from the great Socialist work, “Progress and Poverty,” by Henry George. Quotations were frequently used by nationalisa-tion-minded socialists and single-taxers, i.e., “Impose taxes on land only.” The doctrines were bitterly, but fortunately successfully opposed by the farming organisation. Mr Pickering is in strange company. Yours, etc.,
V. WILKINSON. Ashburton, April 22, 1966.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31042, 23 April 1966, Page 16
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