One of the largest State works is that of public education.

Now the cost of this is in large measure defrayed by rate and tax, the bulk of which, in this case, is paid by those who do not get for themselves or for their children any direct return.

The State-assisted education is said to tax A for the benefit of B.Nor is this a solitary instance; it belongs to the very essence of the modern socialistic movement.

There is a strong movement, independent too of political partisanship, to cast, or to appear to cast, the burden of taxation more heavily upon the wealthier classes in order to relieve the poor.

It is enough to allude to the income tax and the Poor Law.