On Taxation: How it is Raised and how it is ExpendedJ. W. Parker, 1860 - 255 pagina's |
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Pagina 20
... limited the number of articles in our tariff to those which are the most productive to the revenue ; removed the last vestiges of protection ; introduced a wise and a long- needed reduction in the wine duties ; and swept away the paper ...
... limited the number of articles in our tariff to those which are the most productive to the revenue ; removed the last vestiges of protection ; introduced a wise and a long- needed reduction in the wine duties ; and swept away the paper ...
Pagina 23
... limited our resources , the poor were the first to suffer , and many an honest labourer was forced to sink into the mire of pauperism . Nevertheless , were we to dive deeper into the arcana of the gigantic prosperity of Britain , we ...
... limited our resources , the poor were the first to suffer , and many an honest labourer was forced to sink into the mire of pauperism . Nevertheless , were we to dive deeper into the arcana of the gigantic prosperity of Britain , we ...
Pagina 29
... exterior a sure mark of poverty . In common language , the upper classes are limited to the upper ten thousand ; ' but surely the wealthy classes extend over a much wider circle . Who are the occupants DISTRIBUTION OF TAXATION . 29.
... exterior a sure mark of poverty . In common language , the upper classes are limited to the upper ten thousand ; ' but surely the wealthy classes extend over a much wider circle . Who are the occupants DISTRIBUTION OF TAXATION . 29.
Pagina 67
... limited to the quantity consumed in this country . A very large portion of the entire quantity of sugar pro- duced in the colonies which supply the markets of the world passes through the hands of our sugar merchants ; and these ...
... limited to the quantity consumed in this country . A very large portion of the entire quantity of sugar pro- duced in the colonies which supply the markets of the world passes through the hands of our sugar merchants ; and these ...
Pagina 83
... limited the consumption of wines to the finer and dearer qualities , and at their high prices they could only be indulged in by the upper and wealthy classes . Such was the opinion entertained by Mr. Gladstone in 1853 , and such is the ...
... limited the consumption of wines to the finer and dearer qualities , and at their high prices they could only be indulged in by the upper and wealthy classes . Such was the opinion entertained by Mr. Gladstone in 1853 , and such is the ...
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On Taxation: How It Is Raised and How It Is Expended (1860) Leone Levi Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2009 |
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amount of revenue annual annuities annum army average beer bills Britain British burden capital carriages cent CHAPTER charged civil list coffee colonies commerce considerable Consolidated Fund consumed consumption cost Customs duties England estimated Exchequer Excise expenditure exports favoured finances foreign manufactures France French fund gallons granted Hackney carriages head House of Commons immense important imposed income tax increase indirect taxes industry interest Ireland labour land less levied linen loans Lords materials ment middle classes national debt navy nigh officers paid Parliament Paymaster-General peace persons political population portion present produce proportion protection public revenue quantity railways raised rate of duty reduced reign Richard II Russia salaries Scotland ships silk Sir Robert Peel Sovereign Spain spirits stamp duties sugar taxation tion tobacco trade treaty United Kingdom upper classes upwards voted wealth whilst wine wool woollen manufactures
Populaire passages
Pagina 28 - The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.
Pagina 178 - That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law.
Pagina 244 - King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : — GRANTS OUT OF CONSOLIDATED FUND 1.
Pagina 238 - No scutage or aid shall be imposed in our kingdom, unless by the general council of our kingdom ; except for ransoming our person, making our eldest son a knight, and once for marrying our eldest daughter; and for these there shall be paid a reasonable aid.
Pagina 89 - It is true I cannot prevent the introduction of the flowing poison ; gain-seeking and corrupt men will for profit and sensuality, defeat my wishes ; but nothing will induce me to derive a revenue from the vice and misery of my people.
Pagina 131 - Taxes upon the sale of land fall altogether upon the seller. The seller is almost always under the necessity of selling, and must, therefore, take such a price as he can get. The buyer is scarce ever under the necessity of buying, and will, therefore, only give such a price as he likes. He considers what the land will cost him in tax and price together. The more he is obliged to pay in the way 01 tax, the less he will be disposed to give in the way of price.
Pagina 41 - Every tax ought to be so contrived as both 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 of the State.
Pagina 239 - That levying money for or to the use of the crown, by pretence of prerogative, without grant of parliament, for longer time or in other manner than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal.
Pagina 132 - For the general prosperity, there cannot be too much facility given to the conveyance and exchange of all kinds of property, as it is by such means that capital of every species is likely to find its way into the hands of those, who will best employ it in increasing the productions of the country. " Why,
Pagina 222 - The expenses of a war,' said Mr. Gladstone, ' are the moral check which it has pleased the Almighty to impose upon the ambition and the lust of conquest that are inherent in so many nations.