. The up-to-date primer : a first book of lessons for little political economists ; in words of one syllable with pictures. How Plan One Would Tax Work LESSON LXVIII. MadeQuitePlain Now, my Child, we come near to the Endof the Book. I hope you see through tlie Planof the One Tax and How it would AVork. Yes,I Think I Do. The State would take All theLand and Rent it Out. Is not that it ^ No;You are quite Wrong. The State would Leavethe Land with Those who now Own it. Itwould just tax the Laud at its Right Worth,and Each Man who Held it would get a TaxBill for that Sum each year, to wit, the Sumo
. The up-to-date primer : a first book of lessons for little political economists ; in words of one syllable with pictures. How Plan One Would Tax Work LESSON LXVIII. MadeQuitePlain Now, my Child, we come near to the Endof the Book. I hope you see through tlie Planof the One Tax and How it would AVork. Yes,I Think I Do. The State would take All theLand and Rent it Out. Is not that it ^ No;You are quite Wrong. The State would Leavethe Land with Those who now Own it. Itwould just tax the Laud at its Right Worth,and Each Man who Held it would get a TaxBill for that Sum each year, to wit, the Sumof the Rent of the Bare Land, and therewould be but this One Tax to pay. From theWhole of the Funds thus Got, a Part wouldgo to Meet the Needs of the State. Therewould still be a Good Sum Left, and thiswould go Back to the Folks at Large in theform of Good Roa^ls, Lights, Parks, and so this Clear in your Head, my Child. 72. LESSON LXIX. Hard Who Just On Holds For Chap Land Spec. *^ow I see what you Mean. But, Pray tell me, would it not be Hard on the Manwho bought Land and Paid for it, to put theOne-Tax Plan at Work and Knock out theSpec, there is now in Land? He paid for itin Good Cash, but if he can not Sell it orKent it for More than he Gave, will he notLose the Gain he meant to Make? He will,my Child; but God made Land for Use, andthe Man who Lives on Land Rent is of no moreUse than the Worm that eats our Vines. TheState has a Tax what it Likes, andso it can Tax Land Rent. We may Weep forthe Poor Chaps who thus get Hurt, but whatof Those who are Hurt in the same way bythe Tax we now put on Things in which theyDeal? There is the Man who has Built aHouse for Gain. Do we not Hurt him thesame way when we Tax a House? 73
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