Government Ownership of Railroads, and War Taxation
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Government Ownership of Railroads, and War Taxation - Otto H. Kahn
Otto H. Kahn
Government Ownership of Railroads, and War Taxation
Published by Good Press, 2021
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EAN 4064066191382
Table of Contents
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GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF RAILROADS
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PUNITIVE PATERNALISM IN TAXATION
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GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF RAILROADS
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Paternalistic control, even when entirely benevolent in intent, is generally harmful in effect. It is apt to be doubly so when, as sometimes occurs, it is punitive in intent.
The history of our railroads in the last ten years is a case in point.
In their early youth our railroads were allowed to grow up like spoiled, wilful, untamed children. They were given pretty nearly everything they asked for, and what they were not given freely they were apt to get somehow, anyhow. They fought amongst themselves and in doing so were liable to do harm to persons and objects in the neighborhood. They were overbearing and inconsiderate and did not show proper respect to their parent, i. e., the people.
But the fond parent, seeing how strong and sturdy they were and on the whole, how hustling and effective in their work, and how, with all their faults of temper and demeanor, they made themselves so useful around the house that he could not really get along without them, only smiled complacently at their occasional mischief or looked the other way. Moreover, he was really too busy with other matters to give proper attention to their education and upbringing.
As the railroads grew towards man's estate and married and begot other railroads, they gradually sloughed off the roughness and objectionable ways of their early youth, and though they did not sprout wings, and though