On Taxation: How it is Raised and how it is ExpendedJ. W. Parker, 1860 - 255 pagina's |
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Pagina 4
... Whilst France and other Continental countries excel in articles of luxury , and in such as form the delight of the opulent , British industries are directed to making useful articles , or articles which diffuse substantial comforts ...
... Whilst France and other Continental countries excel in articles of luxury , and in such as form the delight of the opulent , British industries are directed to making useful articles , or articles which diffuse substantial comforts ...
Pagina 5
... whilst , with the facili- ties granted for bonding , the British marts of merchan- dize have become , what Venice , Amsterdam , and Novogorod once were , the common warehouses of nations . To speed the stream of commercial enter- prise ...
... whilst , with the facili- ties granted for bonding , the British marts of merchan- dize have become , what Venice , Amsterdam , and Novogorod once were , the common warehouses of nations . To speed the stream of commercial enter- prise ...
Pagina 6
... Whilst in 1800 the annual income of 16,000,000 inhabitants was estimated at 230,000,000l . , in 1860 the estimate is 600,000,000l . , or upwards of 20l . per head . head . And should such an estimate appear all but fabulous , we have ...
... Whilst in 1800 the annual income of 16,000,000 inhabitants was estimated at 230,000,000l . , in 1860 the estimate is 600,000,000l . , or upwards of 20l . per head . head . And should such an estimate appear all but fabulous , we have ...
Pagina 7
... Whilst with a population of 29,000,000 , Britain produces 600,000,000l . per annum , or upwards of 20l . per head , the productive industry of France may , at the maximum , amount to 500,000,000l . , which , with a population of ...
... Whilst with a population of 29,000,000 , Britain produces 600,000,000l . per annum , or upwards of 20l . per head , the productive industry of France may , at the maximum , amount to 500,000,000l . , which , with a population of ...
Pagina 12
... whilst , in consideration of the protection of merchant - ships and foreign trade , Parliament granted to Edward subsidies on wine and merchandize . A poil- tax was resorted to during the reign of Richard II . , consisting of three ...
... whilst , in consideration of the protection of merchant - ships and foreign trade , Parliament granted to Edward subsidies on wine and merchandize . A poil- tax was resorted to during the reign of Richard II . , consisting of three ...
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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
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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.