 | 1880 - 920 páginas
...administration of public justice. HENRY HITCHCOCK. ST. Louis, MISSOURI. II.— THE TAXATION OF MONEY. " The subjects of every State ought to contribute towards...they respectively enjoy under the protection of the Stale." — ADAM SMITH. More than a year ago there appeared in this REVIEW ' an able paper entitled... | |
 | Britton Armstrong Hill - 1880 - 454 páginas
...THE TRUE RULES OF TAXATION. • Adam Smith lays down the maxims of taxation in this manner: — 1. "The subjects of every State ought to contribute towards...they respectively enjoy under the protection of the Slate." 2. "The tax which each individual is bound to pa}' ought to bt certain, and not arbitrary;... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - 1880 - 274 páginas
...following maxims:1 (1) The subjects of every state ought to contribute to the support of government, in proportion to their respective abilities; that...they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.2 (2) The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. (3)... | |
 | 1880 - 1112 páginas
...ought to contribute towards the support of the Government as nearly as possible in proportion to their abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue...respectively enjoy under the protection of the State." To revenue as the true basis of taxation we take exception. The revenue of the landowner is a revenue... | |
 | 1880 - 460 páginas
...contribute towards the support of the government as nearly as possible in proportion to their several abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy." But is the ability of two persons to contribute necessarily in proportion to their several revenues... | |
 | New South Wales. Treasury, James Tomson - 1881 - 576 páginas
...guided. I will quote some of Adam Smith's maxims Ц[юп taxation. In the front that writer says: — 1. "The subjects of every State ought to contribute towards...respectively enjoy under the protection of the State." This is a principle capable of fair application to any country in a prosperous condition. Adam Smith... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1881 - 616 páginas
...be better commenced than by quoting them.* " 1. The subjects of every state ought to contribute to the support of the government, as nearly as possible...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.... | |
 | William Stanley Jevons - 1881 - 144 páginas
...of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as poss1ble, 1n proportion to their respective abilities ; that is,...respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. This we may call the maxim of equality, and equality consists in everybody paying, in one way or another,... | |
 | sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave - 1882 - 250 páginas
...described in Adam Smith's own words : — ' ist. The subjects of every state ought to contribute to the support of the Government, as nearly as possible...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... | |
 | John Joseph Lalor - 1883 - 1076 páginas
...discussion of the subject. They are as follows : 1. The subjects of every state ought to contribute toward the support of the government as nearly as possible...they respectively enjoy under the protection of the slate 2. The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain and not arbitrary. The time... | |
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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 state. 
