Tax debate on income and consumption in late parliament
A lengthy debate centers on reforming taxation with a ten million pound income tax plan. Lords argue over equity between income and capital, potential effects on landholders and agriculture, clergy tithes policy, and the risk to trade from a broader tax on exports and imports.
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Dublin Union Debates Touch Irish Liberty and Reform
In Dublin on January 4 a meeting of Gentlemen Clergy and Freeholders considered the Union. Resolutions urged opposing any Parliamentary measure for a Legislative Union, defending Irish liberties and constitutional rights, while urging constituents to pressure representatives. Other items report Wicklow candidates backing Grattan, Meath Union inquiries, and troop movements amid mounting Union talk.
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Joseph Leeson
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the Revenue
Lord Glentworth
Fencible
Waterford
Carvick
Thomastown
Angus Fencibles
Sackville Street
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