John Morley: “But I then clearly pointed out that, even with the scale of…”

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But I then clearly pointed out that, even with the scale of expenditure they then proposed, we could not abolish the income-tax in 1860.

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Morley warns that the proposed expenditure levels would prevent the abolition of the income tax in 1860.

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