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...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 in proportion to their respective abili- j ties : that is, in proportion to the re- ! venue which they respectively enjoy under the protection...

...general maiima, which are as follows : — ' I. " The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government as nearly as possible...respectively enjoy under the protection of the state." II. " The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time...

...general maxims, which are as follows : — I. " The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards 8 u T n R j RV eJv ]Q| II. " The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to bo certain, and not arbitrary. The time...

...that proof here. Adam Smith has said: — " The subjects of every State ought to contribute towards the support of the Government as nearly as possible...respectively enjoy under the protection of the State." • It probably did not occur to Adam Smith, when he wrote those words, that, of the revenue which...

...Briefly stated, they are as follows : — I. ' That the subjects of a State ought to contribute towards the support of the government as nearly as possible...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...

...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...

...Stuart Mill says, " they have become classic." I. " The subjects of every state ought to contribute to the support of the government, as nearly as possible,...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...

...support Book V. of the Government as nearly as possible in proportion to their several c"al>- ''• abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue...respectively enjoy under the protection of the State." So that the rich man and the poor should each be assessed at an equal per centage on his annual incomings....

...maxims with regard to taxes in general. I. The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities;1 that is, in proportion to the revenue 1 This word, notwithstanding Smith's explanation...