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Give and Take: The Citizen-Taxpayer and the Rise of Canadian Democracy.
・ISBN 978-0-7748-3672-2 2017 cloth US$ 39.95
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・ISBN 978-0-7748-3673-9 2019 paper US$ 37.95
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| 著者・編者 | Tillotson, Shirley, |
|---|---|
| 出版社 | (U. British Columbia Pr., CN) |
| ページ数 | 420 pp. |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | <641-3083 641-P7175> |
解説
Can a book about tax history be a page-turner? You wouldn't think so. But Give and Take is full of surprises. A Canadian millionaire who embraced the new federal income tax in 1917. A socialist hero, J.S. Woodsworth, who deplored the burden of big government. Most surprising of all, Give and Take reveals that taxes deliver something more than armies and schools. They build democracy.
Tillotson launches her story with the 1917 war income tax, takes us through the tumultuous tax fights of the interwar years, proceeds to the remaking of income taxation in the 1940s and onwards, and finishes by offering a fresh angle on the fierce conflicts surrounding tax reform in the 1960s.
Taxes show us the power of the state, and Canadians often resisted that power, disproving the myth that we have always been good loyalists. But Give and Take is neither a simple tale of tax rebels nor a tirade against the taxman. Tillotson argues that Canadians also made real contributions to democracy when they taxed wisely and paid willingly.