 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...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Side 1451833Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | William Smelley - 1804 - 212 sider
...taxation. Adam Smith, in his Wealth of Nations, defines the principle of taxation as follows: — " That the subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities," and this proposition... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 520 sider
...to taxes in general. ] . The subjects of fcvery state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to...respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revemie which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. The expense of government... | |
 | Wakefield, Edward - 1812 - 954 sider
...whom they are objects of taxation. It was not only a. wise but a profound assertion of Adam Smith, " that 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... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1819 - 518 sider
...particular taxes, it is necessary to premise the four following maxims with regard to taxes in general. 1. 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... | |
 | David Ricardo - 1821 - 566 sider
...general, to which, according to Adam Smith, all taxes should conform. The four maxims are as follow: 1. " The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible in proportion to their respective abilities. 2. " The tax which... | |
 | South Carolina. Constitutional Court of Appeals - 1824 - 526 sider
...essential principle laid down by the modern parent of sound political economy, (A Smith, vol. 3 p. 256.) that " the subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of... | |
 | 1825 - 424 sider
...concluded this part of the subject, with stating Dr. Smith's maxims with respect to taxation : — «. 1. 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... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1830 - 660 sider
...— and, indeed, no authority is necessary to give sanction to a rule of such apparent justice — "That the subjects of every State ought to contribute towards the support of the Government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to the revenue which they enjoy under the protection... | |
 | 1831 - 446 sider
...down by Dr. Adam Smith in his " Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations," viz., that " the subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of goverument in proportion to their respective abilities, that is, in proportion to the revenue which... | |
 | Sir Henry Parnell - 1831 - 422 sider
...principal articles of foreign raw materials imported. Quars The following are Dr. Smith's maxims : — 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. II. The tax which... | |
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