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An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations - Page 349
by Adam Smith - 1838 - 429 pages
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Essays of a Birmingham Manufacturer, Volume 2

William Lucas Sargant - Economics - 1870 - 356 pages
...421 " I. The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective...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 "...
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American Political Economy: Including Strictures on the Management of the ...

Francis Bowen - Economics - 1870 - 586 pages
...canon is, " The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government as nearly as possible in proportion to their respective...respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. In the observation or neglect of this maxim consists what is called the equality or inequality of taxation."...
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Essays of a Birmingham Manufacturer, Volume 2

William Lucas Sargant - Economics - 1870 - 406 pages
...known.1421 " I. The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective...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 .........
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Circular of Information of the Bureau of Education, for ..., Issue 1

United States. Bureau of Education - Education - 1890 - 372 pages
...subjects of every State ought to contribute toward the support of the government as nearly as pos- . sible in proportion to their respective abilities, that...respectively enjoy under the protection of the State." 2 Who ever heard of an institution of learning enjoying revenues as stock-owners in a railroad company...
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The Queen's Taxes: An Inquiry Into the Amount, Incidence and Economic ...

John Noble - Taxation - 1870 - 322 pages
...Income Tax Return, Sess. 1852, No. 399. Tenth Inland Revenue Report, 1866, App. p. 57. N contribute in proportion to the revenue, which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State, and that such income is protected by the State in which it accrues, not by that in which it is expended....
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Albany Law Journal, Volume 11

Law - 1875 - 438 pages
...taxation is, " The subjects of every State ought to contribute to the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenues they enjoy under the protection of the State. In the observation or neglect of this maxim,...
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Principles of Political Economy, with Some of Their Applications ..., Volume 2

John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1896 - 614 pages
...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 abilities : that is, in proportion the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. In the observation or...
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A Survey of Political Economy

Sir John Macdonell - Economics - 1871 - 488 pages
...: — First, " The subjects of every State ought to contribute to the support of the Government as nearly as possible in proportion to their respective abilities : that is, in proportion to the revenues they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State." Secondly, " The tax which each...
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An Old Man's Thoughts about Many Things

George Long - Conduct of life - 1872 - 400 pages
...is that the " subjects of every State ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective...respectively enjoy under the protection of the State." The second maxim is this, " the tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, not arbitrary...
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An Old Man's Thoughts about Many Things

George Long - Conduct of life - 1872 - 400 pages
...is that the " subjects of every State ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective...respectively enjoy under the protection of the State." The second maxim is this, " the tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, not arbitrary...
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