Harriet Martineau Quote

I wish that the land-tax went a little more according to situation than it does. 'Tis really ridiculous, how one has to pay five times as much as another, without any reason that ever I heard tell.


Illustrations of Taxation: The Park and the Paddock (1834)


I wish that the land-tax went a little more according to situation than it does. 'Tis really ridiculous, how one has to pay five times as much as...

I wish that the land-tax went a little more according to situation than it does. 'Tis really ridiculous, how one has to pay five times as much as...

I wish that the land-tax went a little more according to situation than it does. 'Tis really ridiculous, how one has to pay five times as much as...

I wish that the land-tax went a little more according to situation than it does. 'Tis really ridiculous, how one has to pay five times as much as...