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of doing so will only be good if Governments do not take up large
quantities 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 competition.
 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 evenlv divided amongst all.

TAXATION PER HEAD (excluding Local Taxation).
Statement bv the Chancellor of the Exchequer—4th November. 1930.

COUNTRY.

United Kingdom and |
Northern Ireland.

france van ae

Germany aie res

Relgium ven al

[taly ... whe a

[Mnited States of
America.

Population
(latest
estimate).

45.754.000

41 130.000

64,132,000
(excluding
Saar),
2 906 000

41 .488.000

123.305.0400

Estimated Taxation.

£718,080.000 (including
tax on motor vehicles)

French francs
51,379,033,137 (including
 sinking fund
taxes (actiaal) 1929).

R.M. 10,265,800 000 (excluding
 taxes levied
by States).
Belgian francs
8.300.600.0060

Lire 17.914.000.000 ...

$3,702,000,000 (excluding
 States taxes)

Date

1930-31

1930-21

1020-21

1020

1020-21

1020-31

Taxation per
head.

£15 13s. 10-8d

French francs
1,249
£10 2a 0d. *

R.M. 160
£7 178 0d *

Belgian francs
1,039
£5 14s. 0d.*
Lire 431-7
£4 148. 0d. *

$30
£6 8s. 04.*

* Calenlated at average rate of exchange for 1st nine montha 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,