On Taxation: How it is Raised and how it is Expended |
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... protect the interests of British subjects all over the world , and exact in their behalf the most scrupulous regard to good faith and justice . But so lofty a position has been purchased at the cost of unprecedented sacrifices . The ...
... protect the interests of British subjects all over the world , and exact in their behalf the most scrupulous regard to good faith and justice . But so lofty a position has been purchased at the cost of unprecedented sacrifices . The ...
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... protected the subjects from the plunder of their irresponsible masters till a check was set upon the despotic levying of contributions by the provision of Magna Charta that no tax should be levied without the consent of Parliament ...
... protected the subjects from the plunder of their irresponsible masters till a check was set upon the despotic levying of contributions by the provision of Magna Charta that no tax should be levied without the consent of Parliament ...
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... 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 groats on every person , male or ...
... 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 groats on every person , male or ...
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... protection ; introduced a wise and a long- needed reduction in the wine duties ; and swept away the paper duty , a tax for the early abolition of which the House of Commons had long been pledged . Con- siderable advance has thus been ...
... protection ; introduced a wise and a long- needed reduction in the wine duties ; and swept away the paper duty , a tax for the early abolition of which the House of Commons had long been pledged . Con- siderable advance has thus been ...
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... protect , and the number and wealth of those benefited by the influence and power of the British Government . Has it ... protected by British institutions ex- ceed 210,000,000 ? And when we think that more than two - fifths of our ...
... protect , and the number and wealth of those benefited by the influence and power of the British Government . Has it ... protected by British institutions ex- ceed 210,000,000 ? And when we think that more than two - fifths of our ...
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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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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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,
Page 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.