 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...  Essays of a Birmingham Manufacturer - الصفحة 330بواسطة William Lucas Sargant - 1870عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | John Milton Gregory - 1882 - عدد الصفحات: 408
...These maxims are as follows: 1. "The subjects of every state ought to contribute to the support of tr1e government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to...respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue they enjoy under the protection of the state." 2. "The taxation which each individual is bound to pay... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - 1882 - عدد الصفحات: 1160
...among other maxims, relating to taxation : "1. That the subjects of every State ought to contribute to the support of the government as nearly as possible in proportion to the revenue "\'hich they respectively enjoy under its protection." Judge Cooley observes, p. 8: "Of... | |
 | Francis Amasa Walker - 1883 - عدد الصفحات: 506
...shall, then, still further improve Dr. Smith's maxim if we cut away all after the first clause : " The subjects of every . state ought to contribute...possible in proportion to their respective abilities." The maxim as it stands is unexceptionable, but does not shed much light on the difficult question of... | |
 | Worthington Chauncey Ford - 1883 - عدد الصفحات: 202
...unnecessary burdens.1 Taxation should be equal ; by which is meant that the subjects should contribute toward the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities.2 Equality of taxation is not attained by taxing all alike irrespective of their condition.... | |
 | Edward Hewes Gordon Clark - 1885 - عدد الصفحات: 144
...— when he laid down his old dictum, 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." CHAPTER IV. THE HIGHER LAW OF PROPERTY IN ITS PRACTICAL APPLICATION. A GLANCE AT THE MEANS NECESSARY... | |
 | František Ladislav Chleborad - 1885 - عدد الصفحات: 224
...agreablement" („De l'esprit des loix." Tome I, Amsterdam, 1749, liv. XIII, chap. 1). Letzterer meint: „The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the govermnent in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state"... | |
 | George Glover Crocker - 1885 - عدد الصفحات: 26
...in his Wealth of Nations is the following : "The subjects of every State ought to contribute toward the support of the government as nearly as possible in proportion to their several abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection... | |
 | David Ricardo, John Ramsay McCulloch - 1886 - عدد الصفحات: 688
...which, according to Adam Smith, all taxes fehould conform. The four maxims are as follow : — 1. " The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards...possible in proportion to their respective abilities. 2. " The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. 3. " Every... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1886 - عدد الصفحات: 1100
...substance of which may be stated as follows: 1. That the subjects of every state ought to contribute to the support of the government as nearly as possible in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under its protection. 2. The tax which each is to pay ought,... | |
 | 1889 - عدد الصفحات: 956
...(published in 1776,) iu treating of the principles of taxation, (book 5, c. 2, pt. 2, p. 651,) says: "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... | |
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