TAX THE BACHELOR.
Speaking in the Common-wealth House in favour of a tax on bachelors, Mr. Sharpe stated that 42 per cent, of the male population of Australia was unmarried at the present time. If a tax of 8 per cent, were levied on the incomes of all unmarried men in the Commonwealth who were earning more than £200 per annum it would represent a revenue of approximately £2,000,000. The usual of the bachelor at the present time was to "wait until he was between 45 and 50 yeare of age before he married. (Laughter.) The reason was that the unmarried men of to-day were doing so well in many instances that they did not wish to marry. (Renewed laughter.) Mr. Denny, an unmarried msmber. supports the proposal Apparently his motto is "Don't do as I do, but a3 I tell you.' He pointed out that itwonld j be a_ good plan to impose a tax on unmarried men after they reached a certain age, for the man with a family was of more use to the community than the celibate. He remarked that among the wise statutes of Julius Caesar was one by which the Roman citizens with three children and upwards were exempt from the paying of taxes.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 126, 29 May 1915, Page 14
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210TAX THE BACHELOR. Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 126, 29 May 1915, Page 14
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