THE PENSION LAWS
Sir,—ln reply to "Dad" I would say, "Yes, voa have every right to a pension." I take it this way. In your times of plenty you will have spent your money comparatively freely. Spending and circulating your money in that way you must have created many hours of work, employment, the benefit of which was reaped by the farmer, grocer, transport worker, etc., and not least by the State, which also gained in direct, as well as indirect, taxation. You might therefore consider yourself to have been a benefactor to the country to that, extent. Having borne the heat and burden of the day and now fallen upon difficult times, I consider you have a right to a slight percentage of return of what you have paid. You have earned the right to what should be one of the signs of a civilised people —the care of the old folk Youngster.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21844, 5 July 1934, Page 15
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154THE PENSION LAWS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21844, 5 July 1934, Page 15
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