 | Robert John Thornton - Economics - 1799 - 852 pages
...every perfon fulijcft to the tax is put more or lefs in the power of the tax gatherer, who can either aggravate the tax upon any obnoxious contributor, or extort, by the terror of fuch aggravation, fome prefent or perquifite to himfelf. — The uncertainty of taxation encourages... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1801 - 448 pages
...fome prefent or perquifite to himfelf. The uncertainty of taxation encourages the infolence and favors the corruption of an order of men who are naturally unpopular, even where they are neither infolent nor corrupt. The certainty of what each individual ought to pay is,... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1809 - 514 pages
...every person subject to the tax is put more or less in the power of the tax-gatherer, who can either aggravate the tax upon any obnoxious contributor,...an order of men who are naturally unpopular, even where they are neither insolent nor corrtlpt. The certainty of what each individual ought to pay is,... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1811 - 532 pages
...aggravation, fome prefent or perquifite to himfelf. The uncertainty of taxation encourages the infolence and favours the corruption of an order of men who are naturally unpopular, popular, even where they are neither infolent nor CHAP. corrupt. The certainty of what each individual... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1812 - 668 pages
...every person subject to the tax is put more or less in the power of the tax-gatherer, who can either aggravate the tax upon any obnoxious contributor,...an order of men who are naturally unpopular, even where they are neither insolent or corrupt. The certainty »f what each individual ought to pay is,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1826 - 1138 pages
...to the tax is put more or less in the power of the tax-gatherer, who can aggravate the tax on every obnoxious contributor, or extort, by the terror of...aggravation, some present or perquisite to himself. 4. Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner, which is most likely to be convenient... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1827 - 542 pages
...to the tax is put more or less in the power of the tax-gatherer, who can aggravate the tax on every obnoxious contributor, or extort, by the terror of...aggravation, some present or perquisite to himself. 4. Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner, which is most likely to be convenient... | |
 | John Wade - Church and state - 1832 - 730 pages
...tax-payer is put more or less in the power of the tax gatherer, who can either aggravate the tax on any obnoxious contributor, or extort, by the terror of such aggravation, some perquisite or advantage to himself. The Assessed Taxes, especially the inhabited house duty, and most... | |
 | John Wade - Great Britain - 1835 - 862 pages
...tax-payer is put more or less in the power of the tax gatherer, who can either aggravate the tax on any obnoxious contributor, or extort, by the terror of such aggravation, some perquisite or advantage to himself. The Assessed Taxes, especially the inhabited house duty, and most... | |
 | Adam Smith - Economics - 1838 - 476 pages
...every person subject to the tax is put more or less in the power of the tax-gethercr, who can either aggravate the tax upon any obnoxious contributor,...encourages the insolence, and favours the corruption, of an been shown in the first book of this Inquiry, order of men who are naturally unpopular, even arises,... | |
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Where it is otherwise, every person subject to the tax is put more or less in the power of the taxgatherer, who can either aggravate the tax upon any obnoxious contributor or extort, by the terror of such aggravation, some present or perquisite to himself. 
