Excerpt from The Match Tax: A Problem of Finance It is worthy of remark that 'The Spectator, ' which had apparently bestowed more inquiry upon the subject than any other newspaper coming under my notice, was rather in favour of the proposed duty. The fact that this Match Tax was a favourite notion of so eminent and enlightened a free-trade financier as Mr. Wells, ought to have secured for the proposal a more careful and respectful examination on the part of the English press and public. The tax is also likely to be adopted in Italy and France. Hence I do not think it superfluous to take up the subject, and, with the advantage of time for inquiry and deliberation, to attempt to measure at their true value the numerous objections brought against the tax. I cannot believe that the present Government, a cabinet of financiers, as it has been called, could have made this unexpected proposal without some good reasons. It must be a very strong Government indeed that could afford to impose new taxes out of mere gaiety of heart. But new taxes must usually be imposed with some degree of suddenness and secrecy, otherwise the first year's revenue would be wholly lost, and most unfair profits would fell to those who contrive to gain the earliest information. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Excerpt from The Match Tax: A Problem of Finance
At the present time, we cannot give too much attention to the principles and rules of taxation Which we accept. We are at the critical point where one great and true policy has been nearly, if not quite, accomplished; and without any strong guiding principle like that of free trade before us, we are in danger of drifting instead of carefully steering, in our financial course. If one half of the doctrines and arguments which were brought against this Match Tax should be accepted as really true and cogent, the balance of our financial system would be in danger of complete derange ment. I consider it therefore a matter of no slight importance to pass under calm and impartial examination the various opinions hastily uttered during the recent warm discussion; and I will attempt to estimate fairly both the real objections which may be urged against the tax, and the reasons which may be found to exist for the selec tion of such a new impost at the present time.
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- PublisherForgotten Books
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1330620542
- ISBN 13 9781330620540
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages70