| Dugald Stewart - 1856 - 502 pages
...observation or neglect of this maxim consists what is called the equality or inequality of taxation. . . . " 2. The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought...payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear aud plain to the contributor, and to every other person. Where it is otherwise, every person subject... | |
| Charles Tennant - Taxation - 1857 - 510 pages
...possible, in proportion to the property which they respectively enjoy, and the protection of the State. 2. The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be fixed and certain. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to... | |
| American cyclopaedia - 1862 - 878 pages
...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...arbitrary; the time of payment, the manner of payment, and the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor and to every other... | |
| George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1862 - 874 pages
...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...arbitrary ; the time of payment, the manner of payment, and the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor and to every other... | |
| Amasa Walker - Business & Economics - 1866 - 532 pages
...secure perfect equality; indeed, we know it is not, but such should be the aim of government. II. " The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought...manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought to be clear and plain to the contributor, and every other person." . (a) " Certain, and not arbitrary."... | |
| Amasa Walker - Business & Economics - 1866 - 546 pages
...secure perfect equality ; indeed, we know it is not, but such should be the aim of government. n. " The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought...manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought to be clear and plain to the contributor, and every other person." (a) " Certain, and not arbitrary."... | |
| Amasa Walker - Economics - 1869 - 562 pages
...secure perfect equality ; indeed, we know it is not, but such should be the aim of government. II. " The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought...of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to he paid, ought to be clear and plain to the contributor, and every other person." (a) " Certain, and... | |
| Francis Bowen - 1870 - 512 pages
...neglect of this maxim consists what is called the equality or inequality of taxation." Secondly, " The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought...manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought to be clear and plain to the contributor and to every other person. Where it is otherwise, every person... | |
| Francis Bowen - Economics - 1870 - 586 pages
...neglect of this maxim consists what is called the equality or inequality of taxation." Secondly, " The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought...manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought to be clear and plain to the contributor and to every other person. Where it is otherwise, every person... | |
| William Lucas Sargant - Economics - 1870 - 356 pages
...revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. . . . "II. The tax which every individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary " III. Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner in which it is most likely to be... | |
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