 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
 | George Long - Conduct of life - 1872 - 404 pages
...them. The first maxim is that 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." The second maxim is this, " the tax which each... | |
 | James Maitland Earl of Lauderdale - Business & Economics - 1996 - 184 pages
...regard to taxes in general. l. 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.** * V. 1, P. 63 [Gl. edn, p. 69], V. 1, P. 159... | |
 | W. Elliot Brownlee - Business & Economics - 1996 - 212 pages
...Wealth of Nations, he declared that "the subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities." In an era when most wealth was in the form of real estate, the property tax — in particular, the... | |
 | W. Elliot Brownlee - History - 2003 - 484 pages
...(in Wealth of Nations) declared, "The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities." In an era when most wealth was in the form of real estate, the property tax seemed to offer the greatest... | |
 | Ronald Terchek - Philosophy - 1997 - 306 pages
...harm labor. According to Smith, 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. ... In the observation or neglect of this maxim... | |
 | Robert T. Golembiewski - Political Science - 1997 - 1032 pages
...tax. This reads, in part: I. The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to...abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. The expence of government to the individuals... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Business & Economics - 1998 - 516 pages
...commenced than by quoting them.' '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 which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. In the observation or neglect of this maxim consists... | |
 | Hermann-Wilfried Bayer - Business & Economics - 1997 - 872 pages
...Leistungsfähigkeit in dessen Grundsatz der Gleichmäßigkeit ("The subjects ... ought to contribute ... in proportion to their respective abilities; that is in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state") aus. 3. Die Leistungsfähigkeit in ihrer heutigen... | |
 | James M. Buchanan, Richard A. Musgrave - Business & Economics - 1999 - 294 pages
...Focus, from Adam Smith on, has been on "ability to pay." As Smith put it, individuals should contribute "in proportion to their respective abilities; that is in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state" (Smith [1776], 1937, 777). He thus offered an... | |
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