 | 1831 - 652 ページ
...L.7,312 of net revenue. Most certainly no tax ever accorded less with the sound maxim of taking out of the pockets of the people as little as possible over and above what comes into the public treasury. The influence of the duties in adding to the price of all the principal... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1809 - 514 ページ
...inconveniency 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...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... | |
 | 1815 - 698 ページ
...with peculiar emphasis, that it is " so contrived, as both to take out and keep out of the "Dockets of the people as lit.tle as possible over and above...it brings into the Public Treasury of the State." P. 45. The author then proceeds to state some modifications of the property-tax, which, in his opinion,... | |
 | John Wade - 1820 - 496 ページ
...the people. Adam Smith says, " Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible, over...it brings into the public treasury of the state." Further on, he continues, " All nations Lottery System. Jiave endeavoured, to the best of their judgment,... | |
 | David Ricardo - 1821 - 566 ページ
...contributor to pay it. 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...it brings into the public treasury of the State." An equal land-tax, imposed indiscriminately and without any regard to the distinction of its quality,... | |
 | 1833 - 554 ページ
...admitted axiom in finance that " every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible over and above what it brings to the public treasury*." This is not the case with indirect taxation. Take, for instance, the article... | |
 | 1823 - 616 ページ
...cases? ' Every tax ought, ' says Dr Smith, ' to be so contrived, as to ' take out, and keep out, of the pockets of the people, as little ' as possible over and above what it brings into the public trea239 ' sury of the state. ' But the duty in question is in direct opposition to this maxim. It injures... | |
 | 1825 - 424 ページ
...the contributor to pay it. 4. Every tax ought to be so contrived, as both to take out and keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible, over and above what it brings into the treasuiy of the state. Mr. M'Culloch said, every system of taxation is good or bad, in proportion as... | |
 | 1826 - 1138 ページ
...they respectively enjoy under its protection. 2. Every tax ought to be so contrived, as to take out of the pockets of the people as little as possible, over...what it brings into the public treasury of the state. 3. The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1826 - 302 ページ
...expence of intolerable vexation. "4. Every tax ought to be so contrived, as to take out and keep out of the pockets of the people, as little as possible over...and above what it brings into the public treasury. A tax may take out and keep out of the pockets of the people a great deal more than it brings into... | |
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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 public treasury of the state. 
