Chapter 1197 Taxation and Population (Part 2)

Chapter 1197 Taxation and Population (Part 2)

Although mainstream economists could not accept Franz's approach of abolishing the poll tax, it aroused the support of another group of people.

Most of these people came from Britain, the United States, and Brazil. Most of them were abolitionists, liberals, and some philosophers.

The most representative of them are John Stuart Mill, Henry David Thoreau, and Doronimus.

John Stuart Mill, a famous British philosopher, psychologist, and economist, was a liberal, but also supported utilitarianism.

Henry David Thoreau, an American writer, philosopher, representative of transcendentalism, was also an abolitionist and naturalist, with anarchist tendencies, and was arrested for opposing the poll tax.

Doronimus, a Brazilian poet, reformer, politician, and abolitionist, once launched a slave uprising in his own estate, but was suppressed by his own steward.

Although these people seem a little unreliable, they actually have many advanced ideas, and most of them sincerely want to change the situation in the world.

These people can serve as consultants, at least they can provide some experience of failure, and they can also take the blame.

After the abolition of the poll tax, the burden on civilians was greatly reduced, and some people did not even need to pay direct taxes.

People no longer needed to consider the poll tax when giving birth, so according to the folk customs and religious traditions at the time, they must have a happy birth.

After the implementation of the new tax system, civilians gradually became less afraid of tax officials and were even happy to pay taxes. After all, the tax was not much and they could enjoy rights such as compulsory education and regular free diagnosis.

At the same time, people's enthusiasm for exposing hidden property has greatly increased. In public, this is a just act, especially those ill-gotten gains should be exposed and returned to the original owner.

This behavior is also safeguarding the interests of the country and the public, and can even promote social fairness, which is also part of social responsibility.

It is very cool to do this privately. After all, the masters who make money by evading and avoiding taxes will only think that they are smart and will only look down on those law-abiding civilians.

But the empire will indeed do some practical things that benefit the country and the people when it has money, and will also give certain material rewards to the informants.

Coupled with the introduction of the progressive tax system, the tax revenue of the Austrian Empire has not only not decreased, but has risen to a higher level.

As for the taxation issue, the problem of the imperial power not going to the countryside should have been solved long ago, and it just happened to solve the problem of the serious shortage of civil servants in the Austrian Empire.

Franz must recruit civil servants on a large scale, but these civil servants cannot all be idle in the city. It is just right to go to the countryside to teach and collect taxes.

Teaching and collecting taxes at the same time will not easily delay talents. At the same time, Franz also needs to establish a household registration system.

To strengthen centralization, it is necessary to strengthen control over the local areas and weaken the influence of local gentry. Franz just took this opportunity to complete the control of the grassroots.

At this time, the population of the Austrian Empire was larger than that of the entire German Confederation. Although the German Confederation absorbed the Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland, and parts of Belgium and Alsace-Lorraine at this time, it had just exceeded 43 million.

The situation of the German Confederation was more complicated. Some countries had head taxes, and some countries did not, but Franz would help them break the shackles one by one. After all, immigrants were also an important source of population for the Austrian Empire.

The neighbor next door, France, is in a worse situation. After losing Alsace-Lorraine and Belgium, it also lost Texas, Algeria, Morocco, and almost all overseas colonies.

At this time, the population of France has fallen to 30 million, and this number is likely to continue to decline under the circumstances of economic crisis, political chaos, and declining health and medical conditions.

The situation in the UK is also not optimistic. Although the population of the UK has exceeded 27 million, and several super-large cities have emerged.

But while the British maintain a very high fertility rate, they also maintain a very high neonatal mortality rate. Due to cholera and excessive poverty, as well as the problem of child labor that has been repeatedly banned, it is difficult for children from ordinary families to survive to adulthood. This number was even less than 50% at one time.

As for the population of Russia, it has always been a mystery, but it has just obtained the two provinces of Trabzon and Erzurum, and has also supported the puppet state of Armenia. Its population will inevitably usher in a wave of explosive growth.

The situation in Spain is similar to that of Russia. The Spanish government did not successfully complete a census in the sixty years from 1797 to 1857, and the population is estimated to be around 15 million.

The population of the United States has experienced explosive growth, breaking through the 20 million mark in one fell swoop, but the scale of the immigration wave is much smaller than the same period in history.

At this time, the immigrants to the United States are mainly Irish and British, followed by Swedes and Norwegians from Northern Europe. The number of German immigrants has dropped by 90%, and the number of Italian immigrants has dropped by three quarters.

However, even so, Ireland is still severely discriminated against in the United States. They usually need to do the most dangerous, dirty and lowest-paid jobs.

This discrimination is in all aspects, far more than economic discrimination. Ireland's language, religion, culture, and even population are all discriminated against.

They are not considered white. Americans believe that the Irish are descendants of a certain African tribe. There are even doctors who claim that the anatomical structure of the Irish is more similar to that of black people.

The population of Mexico is on a downward trend. Franz also tried to save the Mexican population, but the tyranny of Tasan Anna and the internal unrest in Mexico destroyed everything. The population of Mexico remains around 7 million.

Brazil's population remains stable, but due to the One Drop of Blood principle, there are more slaves than citizens, with a total population of about 7.5 million.

Within the German Confederation, Prussia leads the way with a population of 17 million, followed by Bavaria with 4.8 million, the Netherlands with 4.3 million, Saxony with 3 million, Hanover with 2.1 million, Württemberg with 1.9 million, Denmark with 1.6 million, Hesse with 1.55 million, Baden with 1.4 million, Luxembourg 680,000.

(This is the consolidated data of the German Confederation.)

The situation in Alsace-Lorraine is more complicated. There are only five to six million local Germans, while the number of French people is rising sharply.

A similar situation exists in Friborg. The Count of Chambord is Bourbon orthodox after all. Coupled with Louis Napoleon's operations, the place has become one of the destinations for French immigrants.

The situation of the colonies of the Austrian Empire is not included in the statistics. The population of the California colony is about 800,000, mainly Germans, Spanish, Italians, and Mexicans, as well as 120,000 Japanese workers and 80,000 Irish workers.

The Central American colonies of the Austrian Empire had about 38,000 immigrants, 80,000 white natives, 170,000 indigenous people, 250,000 Japanese workers, and 350,000 Irish workers.

The Togo colony of the Austrian Empire had 15,000 immigrants, 16,000 Irish workers, and 8,000 black slave workers.

The Namibia colony of the Austrian Empire had 12,000 immigrants, 15,000 Irish workers, and 3,000 black slave laborers.

The Cameroon colony of the Austrian Empire had 79,000 immigrants, 25,000 Irish laborers, and 20,000 black slave laborers.

The Ivory Coast colony of the Austrian Empire had 60,000 immigrants, 33,000 Irish workers, and 10,000 black slave workers.

The Guinea colony of the Austrian Empire had 58,000 immigrants, 45,000 Irish workers, and 10,000 black slave workers.

The Hawaiian colony of the Austrian Empire had 3,700 immigrants and 28,000 Japanese workers.

The Congo colony of the Austrian Empire had 370 immigrants and 1,000 Irish workers.

The Viceroyalty of Tanzania in the Austrian Empire has a population of 310,000, including 12,000 Irish workers and 580,000 Dalit workers.

Austria belongs to Chenla, with a population of 1.7 million and 13,000 immigrants.