Give and Take: The Citizen-Taxpayer and the Rise of Canadian Democracy
- ISBN-10
- 077483675X
- ISBN-13
- 9780774836753
- Series
- Give and Take
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 448
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-11-15
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Author
- Shirley Tillotson
Description
A book about tax history that’s a real page-turner? Give and Take is full of surprises. A Canadian millionaire who embraced the new federal income tax in 1917. A socialist hero who deplored the burden of big government. Most surprising, twentieth-century taxes have made us richer, in political engagement and more. Taxes make the power of the state obvious, and Canadians often resisted that power. But this is not simply a tale of tax rebels. Tillotson argues that Canadians also made real contributions to democracy when they taxed wisely and paid willingly.
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