Arab doctors here do not mind an income tax, provided it is not at their expense. In an announcement just issued by the association, members declare that a levy on income will lighten the tax burden on the peasantry. The physicians add a plea that a tax should be collected from business and commercial undertakings, banks, local and foreign companies, capitalists, and well paid officials in the government.
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