 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1847
...3dly, That every tax ought to be levied at tho time, and in tlnj manner, in which it is most likely to take out, and keep out of the pockets of the people,...little as possible, over and above what it brings into tlio public Treasury. Now, the stamp duties violate the first of these three principles, by their inequality... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1848
...pleases, it must be his own fault if he ever suffers any 'considerable inconvenience from such taxes. " 4. Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible over and above what it brings into the... | |
 | Political science - 1849
...levied at the time or in the manner most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it." IV. " Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take...it brings into the public treasury of the state." In discussing the merits of particular taxes we shall have to consider with some minuteness the application... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1849
...pleases, it must be his own fault if he ever suffers any considerable inconvenience from such taxes. "4. Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible over and above what it brings into the... | |
 | Financial Reform Association (Liverpool, England) - Finance - 1851
...given to their opinion. They begin by quoting the following maxims on axation by Dr. Adam Smith :— " Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take...what it brings into the public treasury of the State. A tax may either take out or keep out of the pockets of the people a great deal more than it brings... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - Political science - 1852
...time or in the manner in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it. ' 4. Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take...above what it brings into the public treasury of the state.'H § 10 All political maxims, it will be observed, are general in their effect, not less than... | |
 | Wisconsin State Agricultural Society - Agriculture - 1880
...claimed by the state as may be rightfully used for such ends. But no more. Therefore, with Adam Smith, " Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible over and above what it actually brings... | |
 | Economics - 1853
...levied at the time or in the manner most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it." IV. " Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take...it brings into the public treasury of the state." In discussing the merits of particular taxes we shall have to consider with some minuteness the application... | |
 | sir robert peel bart - 1853
...in the manner, in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it. Fourthly, every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out, and to keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible, over and above what it brings into... | |
 | Robert Peel - Great Britain - 1853
...in the manner, in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it. Fourthly, every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out, and to keep out of the pockets of the [*ople as little as possible, over and above what it brings into... | |
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