 | 1811 - 858 էջ
...plain to the contributor, or to any other person ; whereas it is an established maxim of taxation, that the tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary ; and the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 542 էջ
...tax falling unequally even upon that particular fort of private revenue which is affected by it. II. The tax which each individual is bound to pay, ought...manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other perfon. Where it is otherwife, every... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1811 - 532 էջ
...tax falling unequally even upon that particular fort of private revenue which is affefted by it. II. The tax which each individual is bound to pay, ought...arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, thq quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other perfon.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1811 - 860 էջ
...plain to the contributor, or to any other person ; whereas it is an established maxim of taxation, that the tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary ; and the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and... | |
 | 1811 - 854 էջ
...people. According to the present system, the sum which each person is bound to pay is not certain, but arbitrary : the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, are none of them clear or plain to the contributor, or to any other per. son ; whereas it is an established... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1812 - 668 էջ
...people. According to the present system, the sum which each person is bound to pay is not certain, but arbitrary : the time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, are none of them clear or plain to the contributor, or to any other person ; whereas it is an established... | |
 | David Ricardo - 1821 - 560 էջ
...support of the government, as nearly as 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 tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner in which it is most likely to be convenient... | |
 | 1825 - 424 էջ
...that is, in proportion 'to the revenue they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state. 2. The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought...manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every person. 3. Every tax ought to be levied... | |
 | 1826 - 1138 էջ
...people as little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state. 3. The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought...arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, and the quantity to be paid, ought to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person.... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1826 - 302 էջ
...his family, the other enjoins no such necessity, for his family will enjoy the income by descent. "2. The tax which each individual is bound to pay, ought to be certain and not arbitrary." "3. Every tax ought to be levied at the time and in the manner in which it is likely to be most convenient... | |
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The tax which each individual is bound to pay ought to be certain, and not arbitrary. The time of payment, the manner of payment, the quantity to be paid, ought all to be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person. 
