| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 982 |
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| Chapter | -- |
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` to you to know that there were no starving children in the town?' `Why should I 'ave to 'elp to keep the children of a man who's too lazy to work, or spends all 'is money on drink?' shouted Crass. `'Ow are yer goin' to make out about the likes o' them?' `If his children are starving we should feed them first, and punish him afterwards.' `The rates is quite high enough as it is,' grumbled Harlow, who had four children himself. `That's quite true, but you must remember that the rates the working classes at present pay are spent mostly for the benefit of other people. Good roads are maintained for people who ride in motor cars and carriages; the Park and the Town Band for those who have leisure to enjoy them; the Police force to protect the property of those who have something to lose, and so on. But if we pay this rate we shall get something |
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