The Budget, Its Principles and Scope (Classic Reprint): A Speech Delivered to a Meeting of the Commercial Community of Glasgow, Sept. 10, 1909: A ... of Glasgow, Sept. 10, 1909 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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A historic window into early 20th‑century budget debates and the case against heavy taxation. This speech, delivered to Glasgow’s commercial community, weighs the impact of death duties, capital taxes, and government spending on industry and liberty.

With a clear, practical voice, the speaker argues for retrenchment, responsible public finance, and a businesslike approach to running the state. The address contrasts capital as the nation’s war resource with policies that would broaden state power, and it questions the direction of tax policy and social reform.

• Examination of death duties and their effects on capital, inheritance, and enterprise.


• Discussion of taxation, capital versus income, and the idea of living within means.


• Critique of government spending, bureaucratic growth, and the balance between private thrift and public policy.


• Reflection on constitutional power, the House of Lords, and the role of economic principles in governance.

Ideal for readers of political history, economic policy, and archival speeches from the early 1900s.

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