TAX ON BACHELORS.
MUSSOLINI’S LATEST OUTBURST. BY CABLE—TRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. ROME, Dec. 28. “The familv 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 facultv, I would cut them 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 of the tax 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. The Dictator concluded: 1 Celibacy is one of tlie most virulent evils menacing the development of any nation. If we cannot force Italy’s million bachelors to marry, we can administer medicine in the form of a tax until they realise that it is more economical to choose a mate than remain single.”
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 30 December 1926, Page 5
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