 | sir robert peel bart - 1853 - 870 pages
...maxims laid down by Dr. Adam Smith, with regard to the principles of taxation. Those maxims are — "The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards...support of the government, as nearly as possible, according to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which. they respectively... | |
 | George Bowyer - 1854 - 424 pages
...accordance with the doctrine of Adam Smith, that " the subjects of every state ought to contribute to the support of the government, as nearly as possible...respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they enjoy respectively under the protection of the State. In the observation or neglect of this... | |
 | 1855 - 514 pages
...development of Adam Smith's first maxim of taxation : — " The subjects of every state ought," he says, " to contribute towards the support of the government as nearly as possible in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state." Now, I have explained,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1856 - 502 pages
...propositions. Mr. Smith, for example, after stating the maxim, adds the following explanation : — " That is, the subjects of every state ought to contribute towards...Government, as nearly as possible in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state."* Mr. Young, on the other... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1856 - 512 pages
...propositions. Mr. Smith, for example, after stating the maxim, adds the following explanation : — " That is, the subjects of every state ought to contribute towards...Government, as nearly as possible in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state."* Mr. Young, on the other... | |
 | Statistical and social inquiry society of Ireland - 1856 - 428 pages
...which may be stated in the words of Adam Smith : — " How can the subjects of a state contribute to the support of the government as nearly as possible in proportion to their respective abilities ?" The three modes which have been proposed to effect this object are — by taxes on the production... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1857 - 610 pages
...cannot 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...respective 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... | |
 | Charles Tennant - 1857 - 510 pages
...following may be taken as the four primary rules, or maxims, with regard to taxes in general : — 1. The subjects of every State ought to contribute...Government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to the property which they respectively enjoy, and the protection of the State. 2. The tax which each... | |
 | 1858 - 884 pages
...the poor, whilst much of the property of the country is altogether untouched. Adam Smith has said, " The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards...respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenues which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State. In the observation or neglect... | |
 | John Cazenove - 1859 - 170 pages
...Smith on the subject of taxation. "The subjects of every state," he says, "ought to " contribute to the support of the government, as nearly " as possible...abilities ; " that is, in proportion to the revenue which they re" spectively enjoy under the protection of the state. The " expense of government to the... | |
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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... 
