 | John Stuart Mill - 1852 - 608 էջ
...diminished consumption of agricultural produce, by making cultivation retrograde, would lower ordinary rent. A house-tax, if justly proportioned to the value of...his means, or bears, on the whole, more nearly the sam? proportion to them. A house-tax is a nearer approach to a fair income-tax, than a direct assessment... | |
 | 1855 - 514 էջ
...the most injurious of our indirect taxes — the tax on law proceedings. Mr. Mill says, "a house tax, if justly proportioned to the value of the house,...the fairest and most unobjectionable of all taxes."* But if we compare the value of the houses occupied by persons of the same or different incomes, we... | |
 | Statistical and social inquiry society of Ireland - 1856 - 428 էջ
...the most injurious of our indirect taxes — the tax on law proceedings. Mr. Mill says, "a house tax, if justly proportioned to the value of the house,...the fairest and most unobjectionable of all taxes."* But if we compare the value of the houses occupied by persons of the same or different incomes, we... | |
 | 1863 - 1102 էջ
...to be done ? Mr. John Stuart Mill, a very high authority, recommends a house-tax, which, he says, " if justly proportioned to the value of the house, is one of the fairest and least objectionable of all taxes. No part of a person's expenditure is a better criterion of his means... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1870 - 586 էջ
...tax on capital. A house-tax, as Mr. Mill remarks, " if justly propm-tioned to the valve oftfa home, is one of the fairest and most unobjectionable of...his means, or bears, on the whole, more nearly the sume proportion to them. A house-tax is a nearer approach to a fair income-tax than a direct assessment... | |
 | John Noble - 1876 - 188 էջ
...wages of labour, the profits of stock, or the rent of land." Mr. John Stuart Mill says, " A house tax, if justly proportioned to the value of the house,...expenditure is a better criterion of his means, or hears, on the whole, more nearly the same proportion to them." SIR JI.ASSEY LOPES. CO Upon the question... | |
 | National cyclopaedia - 1879 - 668 էջ
...press unequally upon particular persons. The house-tax is the principal of the assessed taxes, and if justly proportioned to the value of the house,...person's expenditure is a better criterion of his means. The window-tax was of the same nature, but of a bad kind, operating as a tax on light, and as a cause... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1882 - 624 էջ
...objection. In so far as it falls on the occupier, if justly proportioned to the value of the house, it is one of the fairest and most unobjectionable of...expenditure is a better criterion of his means, or bears, ou the whole, more nearly the same proportion to them. A housetax is a nearer approach to a fair income-tax,... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1884 - 718 էջ
...objection. In so far as it falls on the occupier, if justly proportioned to the value of the house, it is one of the fairest and most unobjectionable of...the whole, more nearly the same proportion to them. The equality of this tax can only be seriously questioned on two grounds. The first is, that a miser... | |
 | John Stuart Mill - 1887 - 722 էջ
...money. In so far as it falls on the occupier, if justly proportioned to the value of the house, it is one of the fairest and most unobjectionable of...the whole, more nearly the same proportion to them. The equality of this tax can only be seriously' questioned on two grounds. The first is, that a miser... | |
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No part of a person's expenditure is a better criterion of his means, or bears, on the whole, more nearly the same 502 proportion to them. A house-tax is a nearer approach to a fair income-tax, than a direct assessment on income can easily be... 
