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The Proposal, Commonly Called Sir Matthew Decker's Scheme, for One General Tax Upon Houses, Laid Open

The Proposal, Commonly Called Sir Matthew Decker's Scheme, for One General Tax Upon Houses, Laid Open


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1757 Excerpt: ... His Words are as follow. " If, in future Times, the Publk ihould want to raise a greater Sum for the current Services of the Year, it might easily be procured by adding for every Million c (of Pounds) they wanted, one-sixth Part upon every House; and such an Addition would be raised within the Year $ a Thing greatly desirable by every Body; and the Want of which has been the Cause of " our present Debt." Page 20. This is really a Master-piece of Artifice, for the Author hath touched upon a String that he knew would move every Wellwisher to this Kingdom; and I will venture to say, that a more wicked Use was never yet made of the Debts which a Succession of expensive Wars have brought upon this Nation..: It is certainly true, that not raising the Public Supplies in Time of War, within the Year, has been the Cause of the present Public Debt; but it is also true, that raising the the Public Supplies in Time of War, ac? cording to this wicked Assessment, would, in a few Years, destroy our Trade. And that it Was intended so to do, I make not the least Doubt, nor do I believe that the Reader will be in any Doubt of it, when he hath seen the Contrast I have made for Time of War, between the present Assessment of our Taxes, an equal Assessment of them, and the Projector's Assessment for % General Tax upon Houses. Tri the State of Taxes for Time of Peace, Englands Quota of Taxes is put at Six millions of Pounds a Tear; and in this State for Time of War, the said Quota of Taxes is put at Nine millions of Pounds a Year, which Sum, I apprehend would be nearly if not compleatly raised in England, for this present Year 1757: If the Land Tax was assessed at full Four Shillings in the Pound of the present Value of the JLands of England', and Families of different Rank...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781458991256
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 22
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1458991253
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 59 gr


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