Since the introduction of the Budget there has been a
strong movement in favour of giving a series of abatements to Income Tax payers with large families. The principle is one which we most heartily desire to endorse, and we would make the abatements on a liberal scale. To give abatements in the case of large families should produce good results on two lines. In the first place, the man who has to look after and bring up a large family has not the same amount of free money out of which to pay taxes as the man with a small family, and he should therefore be specially protected from over-taxation while his children are i nder age. Quite as important is the encouragement given to the growth of large families by the abatements. It is well that the State in the most positive and commanding way should recognize that the parents of large families have done well for the State.
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