 | Félix Marie Faulcon - 1801 - 330 sivua
...s'écroule devant ces phrases immortelles que je pour(i) » The subjects of every state oughttocontribute » towards the support of the government , as nearly...proportion to the revenue which they » respectively enjoy » 1 1 The tax , which each individual is bound toy> pay, onght to be certain and not arbitrary. »... | |
 | 1833 - 598 sivua
...into the mode in which a property and an income tax should be assessed. I. Dr Smith lays it down, that the subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of government, ' as nearly ' as possible in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, * in proportion... | |
 | William Smelley - 1804 - 212 sivua
...taxation. Adam Smith, in his Wealth of Nations, defines the principle of taxation as follows: — " That the subjects of every state ought to contribute towards...possible, in proportion to their respective abilities," and this proposition must be admitted. To determine therefore, the character of a new tax, we have... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 520 sivua
...necessary to premise the four following maxims with regard to taxes in general. ] . The subjects of fcvery state ought to contribute towards the support of the...respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revemie which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. The expense of government... | |
 | 1868 - 506 sivua
...Smith apply to another side of the question. ' The subjects of every State ought to con' tribute to the support of the Government, as nearly as possible...the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the pro' tection of the State. In the observation or neglect of this 'maxim consists what is called the... | |
 | David Ricardo - 1821 - 560 sivua
...general, to which, according to Adam Smith, all taxes should conform. The four maxims are as follow : 1. " The subjects of every state ought to contribute...possible in proportion to their respective abilities. 2. " The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain and not arbitrary. 3. " Every... | |
 | South Carolina. Constitutional Court of Appeals - 1824 - 526 sivua
...principle laid down by the modern parent of sound political economy, (A Smith, vol. 3 p. 256.) that " the subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state," which... | |
 | 1825 - 424 sivua
...concluded this part of the subject, with stating Dr. Smith's maxims with respect to taxation : — «. 1. The subjects of every state ought to contribute...abilities ; that is, in proportion 'to the revenue they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. 2. The tax which each individual is bound... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1830 - 642 sivua
...lecrssary to give sanction to a rule of such apparent j'us-ice — "That the subjects of every S'.atc ought to contribute towards the support of the Government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to the revenue which they enjoy under the protection of the State. The expense of Government to the individuals... | |
 | 1826 - 1138 sivua
...They areas follows: — 1. The subjects ought to contribute towards the support of the state, as near as possible in proportion to their respective abilities...to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under its protection. 2. Every tax ought to be so contrived, as to take out of the pockets of the people... | |
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The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection 1 of the... 
