A duty has been laid, a bounty has been promised, and the Gazette can find no two correspondents who agree on who is paying for either. Their takes are set out together below.
Statesmen Roundtable
The Question of the Impost
Filed under: The Impost
Easily Borne by Them That Have Cellars to Fill
The General asked to be argued with. I have never been invited to argue with a General before, and I find I have been saving something up. He says the duty falls…
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A Shilling Returned Is Not a Shilling Gained
A shilling returned is not a shilling gained, if it was your shilling to begin with, and if it went to the capital and back it will not be a whole shilling…
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A Tax You Cannot See Is Still a Tax
Strip the wig off this business and look at it. A tax is a hand in a pocket. That is all it is. Every other description of it is decoration, and the…
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