 | Dugald Stewart - 1856 - 502 pages
...subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the Government, as nearly as possible in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state."* Mr. Young, on the other hand, in commenting on the very same maxim, remarks, that " by... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1857 - 610 pages
...contribute to 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 of the state. In the observation or neglect of this maxim consists what is called the equality or inequality... | |
 | John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1860 - 72 pages
...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 of the state. The expense of government to the individuals of a great nation is like the expense of management... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Great Britain - 1861 - 698 pages
...Adam Smith ; that is to say, whether the existing tax is not a tax which is taken upon individuals in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State ? — No ; the present income tax conflicts in the strongest and clearest way, in several... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1862 - 894 pages
...contribute toward 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 of the state. 2. The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary... | |
 | Charles Tennant - England - 1862 - 746 pages
...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 of the State." It probably did not occur to Adam Smith when he wrote these words, that of the revenue... | |
 | Leone Levi - Legislation - 1862 - 524 pages
...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 of the State," may be taken as .a safe guiding principle ; but as it is obviously beyond the power of... | |
 | American cyclopaedia - 1862 - 878 pages
...of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, iu proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. 2. The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary;... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - Debts, Public - 1863 - 548 pages
...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 of the state. The expense of government to the individuals of a great nation is like the expense of management... | |
 | Charles Senior - Income tax - 1863 - 550 pages
...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 of the State" may be taken as a safe guiding principle ; but as it is obviously beyond the power of legislation... | |
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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 of the... 
