Principles of Political Economy: Deduced from the Natural Laws of Social Welfare and Applied to the Present State of Britain |
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... Taxation in Britain . -Limited only by the resistance of the people . - Fund- ing System - Its errors . - Pressure of the National Debt on Productive Industry . - Financial mismanage- ment . - Extravagance . - Misdirection of Taxation ...
... Taxation in Britain . -Limited only by the resistance of the people . - Fund- ing System - Its errors . - Pressure of the National Debt on Productive Industry . - Financial mismanage- ment . - Extravagance . - Misdirection of Taxation ...
Page 433
... taxed country , the only real limit . at any time existing to the amount of taxation imposed upon the people has been that of their patience under the infliction . And it may well be doubted , whether the much vaunted constitutional ...
... taxed country , the only real limit . at any time existing to the amount of taxation imposed upon the people has been that of their patience under the infliction . And it may well be doubted , whether the much vaunted constitutional ...
Page 442
... taxation , we superadd that produced by their needless and unprincipled extravagance espe- cially during the late war , in subsidizing foreign powers , keeping up ... TAXATION . 448 creation . The latter policy 442 MISDIRECTION OF TAXATION .
... taxation , we superadd that produced by their needless and unprincipled extravagance espe- cially during the late war , in subsidizing foreign powers , keeping up ... TAXATION . 448 creation . The latter policy 442 MISDIRECTION OF TAXATION .
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PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE ON the Coincidence of | 1 |
Primary Natural Rights1 To Personal | 13 |
Duty of a Government the securing | 28 |
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