| Robert John Thornton - Economics - 1799 - 852 pages
...who are nntvirally unpopular, even where they are neither infolent nor corrupt. — 1 he certainty of what each individual ought to pay is, in taxation, a matter of fo great importance, that a very confiderable degree of inequality, it appears, I believe, from the... | |
| Adam Smith - Economics - 1809 - 514 pages
...of men who are naturally unpopular, even where they are neither insolent nor corrtlpt. The certainty of what each individual ought to pay is, in taxation,...believe, from the experience of all nations, is not near so great an evil as a very small degree of uncertainty. 3. Every tax ought to be levied at the time,... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1812 - 668 pages
...men who are naturally unpopular, even where they are neither insolent or corrupt. The certainty »f what each individual ought to pay is, in taxation, a matter of so great impnrtance, that a very considerable degree of inequality, it appears, I bclicvi-, from the experience... | |
| Samuel Phillips Newman - Business & Economics - 1835 - 334 pages
...paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person. The certainty of what each individual ought to pay is, in taxation,...believe, from the experience of all nations, is not near so great an evil as a very small degree of uncertainty. " III. Every tax ought to be levied at the... | |
| Adam Smith - 1839 - 448 pages
...of men who are naturally unpopular, even where they are neither insolent nor corrupt. The certainty of what each individual ought to pay is, in taxation,...believe, from the experience of all nations, is not near so great an evil as a .very small degree of uncertainty. III. Every tax ought to be levied at the time,... | |
| Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland. Parliamentary Committee - Ireland - 1845 - 538 pages
...or extort, by the terror of such aggravation, some present or perquisite to himself. The certainty of what each individual ought to pay is, in taxation,...believe, from the experience of all nations, is not near so great an evil as a very small degree of uncertainty.' "III. 'Every tax ought to be levied at the... | |
| University magazine - 1845 - 776 pages
...are neither insolent nor corrupt. The certainty of what each individual ought to pay is, in taxation, of so great importance, that a very considerable degree of inequality, it appears, I believe, from thn experience of all nations is not near so great an evil as a very small degree of uncertainty."... | |
| John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1848 - 590 pages
...of men who are naturally unpopular, even when they are neither insolent nor corrupt. The certainty of what each individual ought to pay is, in taxation,...believe, from the experience of all nations, is not near so great an evil as a very small degree of uncertainty. " 3. Every tax ought to be levied at the time,... | |
| John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1849 - 588 pages
...of men who are naturally unpopular, even when they are neither insolent nor corrupt. The certainty of what each individual ought to pay is, in taxation,...very considerable degree of inequality, it appears, I * Wealth tifNatiinu, book v. ch. ii. believe, from the experience of all nations, is not near so great... | |
| John Stuart Mill - Economics - 1852 - 608 pages
...of men who are naturally unpopular, even when they are neither insolent nor corrupt. The certainty of what each individual ought to pay is, in taxation,...very considerable degree of inequality, it appears, 1 * Wealth ofNatiotu, book v. ch. ii. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF TAXATION. 365 believe, from the experience... | |
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