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of doing so will only be good if Governments do not take up large 
guantities of the available money for loans for other expenditure. 
A great part of the present taxation is, however, imposed for 
the purpose of what are called social services, for the maintenance 
of the unemployed and for other purposes which have nothing to 
do with the war. 
Taxation in this country per head of the population is higher 
than in any other country with which our Industries are in com- 
petition. This does not mean, of course, that each person in this 
country pays more than any person in any of the other countries 
concerned; but that the whole of the taxes levied divided by the 
number of people in the country gives a higher quotient. 
The following table shows roughly, not how much each person 
in the different countries named does pay, but how much he would 
pay if the total taxes were evenly divided amongst all. 
TAXATION PER HEAD (excluding Local Taxation). 
Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer—4 th November, 1930. 
{'OVNTHRY. 
United Kingdom and 
Northern Ireland 
[Cy anefe 
Lerimany 
Boelotnm 
tidy 
United States of 
Amerie. 
Population 
{latest 
patiteate), 
45.734.000 
11.130.000 
54,132.060 
(excluding 
Saar). 
7.006.000 
41 425.000 
123.300.000 
Estimated Taxation. 
£718,080.000 (including 
tax on motor vehicles) 
French francs 
51,379,033,137 (in- 
cluding sinking fund 
taxes (actual) 1929), 
R.A. 10,265,600 000 (0x- 
cluding taxes levied 
by States). 
Belgian francs 
K 209 800 00H 
Lire 17.014.000.000 ... 
$3,702,000,000 (exclud- 
ne States taxes). 
Date. 
1930-31 
1030-1 
1930-31 
10230) 
1030-41 
1920-21 
Taxation per 
Load 
| £15 18s. 10-64. 
French francs 
1,249 
£10 2s. 0d.* 
R.M. 160 
£7 17s. 0d.* 
Belgian franca 
1,089 
£5 19s, 0d.* 
Lire 431-7 
£1 13s. Od.* 
830 
£8 33. OA* 
« Calewluted at average rate of exchange for 1st nine months. 1930. 
Taxes are not divided equally. Not only do some of the 
people pay most of the taxes, but to a great extent people who 
pay most of the taxes obtain no benefit from some of the purposes 
to which the taxes are applied. All benefit by Police protection,