 | Amasa Walker - 1869 - 562 sivua
...Stuart Mill says, " they have become classic." I. " The subjects of every state ought to contribute to the support of the government, as nearly as possible,...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 sivua
...maxims of Adam Smith on the subject of taxation is, " The subjects of every State ought to contribute to the support of the government, as nearly as possible,...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 sivua
...be better commenced than by quoting them.* " 1. The subjects of every state ought to contribute to the support of the government, as nearly as possible...their respective abilities : that is, in proportion the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. In the observation or... | |
 | John Macdonell - 1871 - 482 sivua
...They are in substance as follow : — First, " The subjects of .every State ought to contribute to the support of the Government as nearly as possible...respective abilities : that is, in proportion to the revenues they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State." Secondly, " The tax which each... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1871 - 1100 sivua
...Gentleman based his defence of an unadjusted income tax upon the well-known canon of Adam Smith, that — " The subjects of every State ought to contribute towards the support of '.lie Government in proportion to their respective abilities — th.'it is, in proportion to the revenue... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - 1873 - 568 sivua
...question. It is a primary principle of taxation that "the subjects of every State ought to contribute to the support of the Government as nearly as possible...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 sivua
...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 sivua
...justice. " The subjects of every state," says Adam Smith in his Wealth of Nations, "ought to contribute to the support of the government, as nearly as possible,...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 sivua
...justice. " The subjects of every state," says Adam Smith in his Wealth of Nations, "ought to contribute to the support of the government, as nearly as possible,...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 sivua
...gelijkstelling der twee beginselen, wijs ik op de bekende plaats van A, Sinith, *) waar hij zegt : »The subjects of every state ought to contribute...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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