LETTER: Churchill (yes, he was a maverick) rebuttal
One must take into account that Jan van Riebeeck’s R1 in 1652, when land was ‘free’, would now be worth R53,000
07 October 2020 - 16:40
I trembled at Errol Callaghan’s Imperial history lesson (“Getting facts on Churchill right avoids fake news (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/letters/2020-10-06-letter-getting-facts-on-churchill-right-avoids-fake-news/),” October 6).
Sure, Churchill was (thankfully) a self-confessed maverick. He also said: “We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.”..
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