...Stuart Mill says, " they have become classic." I. " The subjects of every state ought to contribute to the support of the government, as nearly as possible,...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...

...maxims of Adam Smith on the subject of taxation is, " The subjects of every State ought to contribute to the support of the government, as nearly as possible,...respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenues they enjoy under the protection of the State. In the observation or neglect of this maxim,...

...be better commenced than by quoting them.* " 1. The subjects of every state ought to contribute to the support of the government, as nearly as possible...their respective abilities : that is, in proportion the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. In the observation or...

...They are in substance as follow : — First, " The subjects of .every State ought to contribute to the support of the Government as nearly as possible...respective abilities : that is, in proportion to the revenues they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State." Secondly, " The tax which each...

...Gentleman based his defence of an unadjusted income tax upon the well-known canon of Adam Smith, that — " The subjects of every State ought to contribute towards the support of '.lie Government in proportion to their respective abilities — th.'it is, in proportion to the revenue...

...question. It is a primary principle of taxation that "the subjects of every State ought to contribute to the support of the Government as nearly as possible...respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State." This principle, formulated more than a...

...incomes. This follows indeed from Adam Smith's dictum, that the subjects of a state ought to contribute in proportion to their respective abilities, that...proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy. But throughout this treatise I have maintained another opinion : — that just as a town which demands...

...justice. " The subjects of every state," says Adam Smith in his Wealth of Nations, "ought to contribute to the support of the government, as nearly as possible,...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...

...justice. " The subjects of every state," says Adam Smith in his Wealth of Nations, "ought to contribute to the support of the government, as nearly as possible,...proportion to their respective abilities, — that is, in proportiQii^toJhe ^revenue thej enjo^undej^the^ protection of thejatale. In the observation or neglect...

...gelijkstelling der twee beginselen, wijs ik op de bekende plaats van A, Sinith, *) waar hij zegt : »The subjects of every state ought to contribute...proportion »to the revenue which they respectively enjoy nnder the pro»tection of the state. The expence of government to the » individuals of' a great nation,...