"THE PEOPLE'S BIRTHRIGHT"
(To the Editor.)
Sir,—l wonder if^ "Doubting Thomas" pays his rates and taxes, and, if so, why? He, may not have children of his own, but he ;nvust surely realise that our present existence is largely Socialistic. ; Every citizen is compelled to pay so much, towards "the State, Education Department, Welfare Department, Health Department, and Police Department, etc. : Does Thomas really think that all the wage tax and re: venue .collected is merely for paying the officials? Primitive man received no outside consideration because he was allowed to live, entirely onjwhat he made for himself, he was not compelled to share; he paid no death duties, and left his family all that-'he made. If "Doubting Thomas" is. no greedy official, then be must still be a veryprimitively-minded man.—l am, etc., ■ :-;*■ ... .;-■:"" a citizen..
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 118, 20 May 1932, Page 6
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