 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 5501853Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Charles Senior - 1863 - 550 sider
...available for expenditure. Adam Smith's axiom, "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" may be taken as a safe guiding principle ; but as it is obviously beyond the power of legislation to... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1863 - 548 sider
...and justly referred to. First Maxim. — " 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. The expense of government to the individuals of a great nation is like the expense of management to... | |
 | Boston Board of Trade - 1863 - 190 sider
...value of its annual produce, — the fund from which all taxes must ultimately be paid. The subjects of every State ought to contribute to the support...abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State. The expense of government to individuals... | |
 | Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland - 1876 - 574 sider
...laid down by Adam Smith, and assented to by all economists, is the maxim of equality.* " The subjects of every state ought to contribute to the support...possible in proportion to their respective abilities, I'. e., in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state."... | |
 | Edward Isidore Sears - 1872
...Smith maintains more strongly. " The subjects," he says, " of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government as nearly as possible...respectively enjoy under the protection of the state."** la nature, qui rie varie point: on la trouve par tous les pays, en Angleterre, en Holland, et dans... | |
 | William B. Dana - 1864 - 502 sider
...true by all economists since his day, that "the subjects of every State ought to contiibute towards the support of the Government as nearly as possible...abilities — that is, in proportion to the revenue they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State." The British Government raised from the... | |
 | Jérome Alexandre Sillem - 1864 - 382 sider
...had, voor de heffing eener belasting voorschrijft. "The subjects of every "state," zegt Smith', "onght to contribute to the sup"port of the government as nearly as possible in pro"portion to their abilities, that is, in proportion to the "revenue which they respectively enjoy under the pro"tection... | |
 | Claude August Crommelin - 1865 - 132 sider
...de l'État." Ook de woorden van Ad. Smith: "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 "' wil hij in dien zin expliceren ; zie p. 31. Het schijnt mij toe dat even als ten opzigte van v.... | |
 | Amasa Walker - 1866 - 554 sider
...from that day to this, that, as J. Stuart Mill says, " they have become classic." I. " The subjects of every state ought to contribute to the support...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... | |
 | Amasa Walker - 1866 - 532 sider
...from that day to this, that, as J. Stuart Mill says, " they have become classic." I. " The subjects of every state ought to contribute to the support...respective 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... | |
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