...and in the manner mon convenient to the contributor. And every tax fhould be fo contrived as to take and keep out of the pockets of the people as little as poifible above what is brought into the public treafury. All private revenue arifing from rent, profit,...

...of L.7,312 of net revenue. Most certainly no tax ever accorded less with the sound maxim of taking out of the pockets of the people as little as possible over and above what comes into the public treasury. The influence of the duties in adding to the price of all the principal...

...considerable inconveniency from such taxes. 4. Every tax ought to be so contrived, as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state. A tax may either take out or keep out of the pockets of the^people,...

...with peculiar emphasis, that it is " so contrived, as both to take out and keep out of the "Dockets of the people as lit.tle as possible over and above what it brings into the Public Treasury of the State." P. 45. The author then proceeds to state some modifications...

...treasury, by taking the smallest possible sum out of the pockets of the people. Adam Smith says, " Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take...little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the state." Further on, he continues, " All nations Lottery System. Jiave...

...convenient for the contributor to pay it. 4. " Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the people as little as possible, over and above what it brings into the public treasury of the State." An equal land-tax, imposed indiscriminately and without any...

...case, without correcting it in all cases? ' Every tax ought, ' says Dr Smith, ' to be so contrived, as to ' take out, and keep out, of the pockets of the...little ' as possible over and above what it brings into the public trea239 ' sury of the state. ' But the duty in question is in direct opposition to...

...time, or in the manner in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it. 4. Every tax ought to be so contrived, as both to take...little as possible, over and above what it brings into the treasuiy of the state. Mr. M'Culloch said, every system of taxation is good or bad, in proportion...

...system efficient at the expence of intolerable vexation. "4. Every tax ought to be so contrived, as to take out and keep out of the pockets of the people,...as little as possible over and above what it brings into the public treasury. A tax may take out and keep out of the pockets of the people a great deal...

...which they respectively enjoy under its protection. 2. Every tax ought to be so contrived, as to take out of the pockets of the 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 to be...