| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 1389 |
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| Chapter | -- |
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they sell?' `Well, they might buy some of the things the workers didn't want, for less than the workers paid for them, and then they could sell 'em again.' `They'd have to sell them for less than the price charged at the National Stores, and if you think about it a little you'll see that it would not be very profitable. It would be with the object of preventing any attempts at private trading that the Administration would refuse to pay compensation to private owners in a lump sum. All such compensations would be paid, as I said, in the form of a pension of so much per year. `Another very effective way to prevent private trading would be to make it a criminal offence against the well-being of the community. At present many forms of business are illegal unless you take out a licence; under Socialism no one would be allowed to trade without a licence, and no licences would be issued.' |
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