Word: debts
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...poor man. There is an inequality of sacrifice. But the solution is that the rich man should be taxed more in proportion to his income. In this way the income tax would force the people to be perfectly honest. France's income would be increased and the national debt would be diminished. An income tax more nearly approaches ideal justice than any other tax France can impose...
...appointed that one member will represent each dormitory, and one all men not living in the dormitories assigned. This committee will meet in Dana 26 today at 5.30 o'clock. It has been decided to assess each member of the class $1. As the class is now in debt, it is hoped that all men will pay this assessment as soon as possible so that all debts may be paid and the class may start its Senior year with a balance on hand...
...abolish the Irish Parliament which was passed only by the worst kind of bribery. The abolition of the Parliament injured the landlord by sending him to London, where he tried to live up to the scale set by the English aristocracy, and in a few years ran into debt beyond recovery. The tenant supplied all the capital while the landlord merely held the position of rent-taker and did nothing in return. Because of this system there arose an insane competition to get land. The tenant offered more than he could pay and in a few years was bankrupt...
Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University, an institution whose services are writ large in the annals of American education; himself a teacher of teachers, to whom the country owes a lasting debt for the Teachers' College...
...There is absolutely not reason why a man who makes a team should consider it his prerogative to be fed, nursed, clothed and amused at the expense of the Athletic Association. Yet such is the case. Most members of teams seem to consider that the College owes them a debt, which must be paid off in this manner. The situation has been described as analogous to that of a certain type of lawyer, who, so soon as he has an important case, considers it as an opportunity for making a tour of investigation, travelling at his ease, stopping...