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 | William B. Dana - 1868 - 494 pages
...that the most direct are cheapest taxes, that the most just are those which require all men to pay " in proportion to their respective abilities, that is, in proportion to the revenue they enjoy under the State" will discard every other form of taxation but that which comes immediately... | |
 | Amasa Walker - 1869 - 562 pages
...they have become classic." I. " The subjects of every state ought to contribute to the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to...abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue they enjoy under the protection of the state. In the observation or neglect of this maxim consists... | |
 | 1875 - 438 pages
...the subject of taxation is, " The subjects of every State ought to contribute to the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to...respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenues they enjoy under the protection of the State. In the observation or neglect of this maxim,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1896 - 614 pages
...commenced than by quoting them.* " 1. The subjects of every state ought to contribute to the support of the government, as nearly as possible in proportion to...their respective abilities : that is, in proportion the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. In the observation or... | |
 | Sir John Macdonell - 1871 - 488 pages
...substance as follow : — First, " The subjects of every State ought to contribute to the support of the Government as nearly as possible in proportion to...respective abilities : that is, in proportion to the revenues they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State." Secondly, " The tax which each... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1873 - 568 pages
...primary principle of taxation that "the subjects of every State ought to contribute to the support of the Government as nearly as possible in proportion to...respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State." This principle, formulated more than a... | |
 | William Lucas Sargant - 1874 - 384 pages
...incomes. This follows indeed from Adam Smith's dictum, that the subjects of a state ought to contribute in proportion to their respective abilities, that...proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy. But throughout this treatise I have maintained another opinion : — that just as a town which demands... | |
 | Massachusetts. Commission on Taxation, 1874-1875 - 1875 - 634 pages
...every state," says Adam Smith in his Wealth of Nations, "ought to contribute to the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to...abilities, — that is, in proportion to the revenue they enjoy under the protection of the state. In the observation or neglect of this maxim consists... | |
 | Massachusetts. Commission on Taxation, 1874-1875 - 1875 - 584 pages
...every state," says Adam Smith in his Wealth of Nations, "ought to contribute to the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities, — that is, in proportiQii^toJhe ^revenue thej enjo^undej^the^ protection of thejatale. In the observation or neglect... | |
 | 1876 - 412 pages
...Sinith, *) waar hij zegt : »The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards »the support of the government, as nearly as possible in » proportion...proportion »to the revenue which they respectively enjoy nnder the pro»tection of the state. The expence of government to the » individuals of' a great nation,... | |
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