 | 2000 - 224 sider
...four maxims of taxation which have since been associated with his name. The maxim of equality enjoins that the " subjects of every state ought to contribute...possible, in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state."... | |
 | Cheng-chung Lai - 2000 - 486 sider
...(3) convenience of payment; and (4) economy in collection. Under the heading of equality, he argues: "The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards...possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.... | |
 | John Kenneth Galbraith - 2001 - 329 sider
...important in 1776. They still are, but these things are fairly well accepted now. Smith's fourth canon, that the "subjects of every state ought to contribute...possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state,"12... | |
 | Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jeffrey Paul - 2002 - 386 sider
...his proportion for the maintenance of it."16 Similarly, Adam Smith writes in The Wealth of Nations that "[t]he subjects of every state ought to contribute...possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state."17... | |
 | Simon R. James - 2002 - 456 sider
...particular taxes, it is necessary to premise the four following maxims with regard to taxes in general. I. The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards...possible in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.... | |
 | Simon James - 2002 - 414 sider
...allocation Ever since Adam Smith wrote that "the subjects of every state ought to contribute toward 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,"14... | |
 | Jack Rabin - 2001 - 824 sider
...economist Adam Smith enumerated four principles by which to evaluate a revenue system(Papke l993). The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion... | |
 | Jack Rabin - 2001 - 824 sider
...economist Adam Smith enumerated four principles by which to evaluate a revenue system (Papke 1993). The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion... | |
 | Thomas A. Boylan, Tadhg Foley - 2003 - 364 sider
...subject, I proceed now to state the general principles of taxation as laid down by Adam Smith: — "1 — The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards...possible in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.... | |
 | Richard A. Epstein - 2003 - 324 sider
...taxation, and find it in the ordinary partnership. Thus Adam Smith, in The Wealth of Nations, writes: "The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards...possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state."... | |
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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... 
