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... government ? Is it not an immoral position in which to be placed , that of sharing the advantages of a government largely paid for out of the sale of that which is the cause of so much misery and vice INDIRECT TAXATION . 25.
... government ? Is it not an immoral position in which to be placed , that of sharing the advantages of a government largely paid for out of the sale of that which is the cause of so much misery and vice INDIRECT TAXATION . 25.
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William Trant. which is the cause of so much misery and vice ? That the drunkard should be the " mainstay " of our consti- tution is , as Sir Wilfrid Lawson pointed out in his speech on the Budget of 1873 , " mean , cruel , short ...
William Trant. which is the cause of so much misery and vice ? That the drunkard should be the " mainstay " of our consti- tution is , as Sir Wilfrid Lawson pointed out in his speech on the Budget of 1873 , " mean , cruel , short ...
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... cause , not of drunkenness , but of sobriety . I think , too , that it is worth considering whether it is proper to tax a com- modity which is so often recommended by medical men to those patients who can ill - afford to purchase wine ...
... cause , not of drunkenness , but of sobriety . I think , too , that it is worth considering whether it is proper to tax a com- modity which is so often recommended by medical men to those patients who can ill - afford to purchase wine ...
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... drinks and licensing houses , would apply as well to prostitutes in the one case , and brothels in the other . the teetotalers prepared to maintain this doctrine ? Are If everything which causes evil and wickedness is to be 30 EVILS OF.
... drinks and licensing houses , would apply as well to prostitutes in the one case , and brothels in the other . the teetotalers prepared to maintain this doctrine ? Are If everything which causes evil and wickedness is to be 30 EVILS OF.
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William Trant. If everything which causes evil and wickedness is to be taxed , why not begin with racing and racehorses , and finish off by heavily mulcting the captains of the Oxford and Cambridge crews ? Nor is it wise to tax luxuries ...
William Trant. If everything which causes evil and wickedness is to be taxed , why not begin with racing and racehorses , and finish off by heavily mulcting the captains of the Oxford and Cambridge crews ? Nor is it wise to tax luxuries ...
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Page 4 - The school-boy whips his taxed top ; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid...
Page 4 - ... pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice ; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride— at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay.
Page 5 - His whole property is then immediately taxed from two to ten per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble ; and he...
Page 54 - The certainty of what each individual ought to pay is, in taxation, a matter of so great importance, that a very considerable degree of inequality, it appears, I believe, from the experience of all nations, is not near so great an evil as a very small degree of uncertainty.
Page 4 - ... earth, and the waters under the earth ; on everything that comes from abroad, or is grown at home ; taxes on the raw material, taxes on every fresh value that is added to it by the industry of man...
Page 25 - 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 3 - A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
Page 193 - 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.
Page 4 - TAXES upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste — taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion — taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth...
Page 105 - It means the abolition of the law of primogeniture, and the limitation of the system of entails and settlements, so that, ' life interests ' may be for the most part got rid of, and a real ownership substituted for them. It means also that it shall be as easy to buy or sell land as to buy or sell a ship, or, at least, as easy as it is in Australia, and in many or in all the States of the American Union.