{"product_id":"give-and-take-the-citizen-taxpayer-and-the-rise-of-canadian-democracy","title":"Give and Take","description":"\u003cp\u003eCan a book about tax history be a page-turner? You wouldn’t think so. But \u003cem\u003eGive and Take\u003c\/em\u003e is full of surprises. A Canadian millionaire who embraced the new federal income tax in 1917. A socialist hero, J.S. Woodsworth, who deplored the burden of big government. Most surprising of all, \u003cem\u003eGive and Take \u003c\/em\u003ereveals that taxes deliver something more than armies and schools. They build democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTillotson launches her story with the 1917 war income tax, takes us through the tumultuous tax fights of the interwar years, proceeds to the remaking of income taxation in the 1940s and onwards, and finishes by offering a fresh angle on the fierce conflicts surrounding tax reform in the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaxes show us the power of the state, and Canadians often resisted that power, disproving the myth that we have always been good loyalists. But \u003cem\u003eGive and Take\u003c\/em\u003e is neither a simple tale of tax rebels nor a tirade against the taxman. Tillotson argues that Canadians also made real contributions to democracy when they taxed wisely and paid willingly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47734883221848,"sku":"9780774836739","price":38.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780774836739__6774119b180ac.jpg?v=1741156332","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/give-and-take-the-citizen-taxpayer-and-the-rise-of-canadian-democracy","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}