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... Fraser's Magazine - Page 91878Full view - About this book
| Claude August Crommelin - Land value taxation - 1865 - 132 pages
...Ook de woorden van Ad. Smith: "The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible , in proportion...; that is in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state "' wil hij in dien zin expliceren ; zie p. 31.... | |
| Amasa Walker - Business & Economics - 1866 - 554 pages
...says, " they have become classic." I. " The subjects of every state ought to contribute to the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion...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... | |
| Amasa Walker - Business & Economics - 1866 - 532 pages
...says, " they have become classic." I. " The subjects of every state ought to contribute to the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion...respective 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... | |
| Félix Esquirou de Parieu - Taxation - 1866 - 548 pages
...of every state, » a dit le savant économiste, « ought » to contribute lowards the support ofthe government, as nearly » as possible in proportion...abilities ; that is » in proportion to the revenue wich they respectively enjoy » under the protection of the state ' . » Or, la conformité à cette... | |
| John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1866 - 628 pages
...commenced than by quoting them.* " 1. The subjects of every state ought to contribute to the support of > the government, as nearly as possible in proportion to their respective abili- j ties : that is, in proportion to the re- ! venue which they respectively enjoy under the protection... | |
| James Edwin Thorold Rogers - Economics - 1868 - 370 pages
...they are as follows : — I. ' That the subjects of a State ought to contribute towards the support of the government as nearly as possible in proportion...abilities; that is in proportion to the revenue which they enjoy under the protection of the State.' Adam Smith compares this payment to the expense of managing... | |
| Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 552 pages
...which are as follows : — ' I. " The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government as nearly as possible in proportion...; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state." II. " The tax which each individual is bound... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1868 - 548 pages
...which are as follows : — I. " The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support T n R j RV eJv ]Q| respectively enjoy under the protection of the state." II. " The tax which each individual is bound... | |
| Charles Tennant - Church and state - 1868 - 212 pages
...here. Adam Smith has said: —" The subjects of every State ought to contribute towards the support of the Government as nearly as possible in proportion...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... | |
| William B. Dana - Commerce - 1868 - 494 pages
...that the most direct are cheapest taxes, that the most just are those which require all men to pay " in proportion to their respective abilities, that is, in proportion to the revenue they enjoy under the State" will discard every other form of taxation but that which comes immediately... | |
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