“ The interest, for example, of the government is to tax heavily; that of the community is to be as little taxed as the necessary expenses of good government permit. ”
John Stuart Mill, Considerations on Representative Government (1861). copy citation
| Author | John Stuart Mill |
|---|---|
| Source | Considerations on Representative Government |
| Topic | government tax |
| Date | 1861 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/5669/5669-h/5669-h.htm |
Context
“The interest of the monarch, or the interest of the aristocracy, either collective or that of its individual members, is promoted, or they themselves think that it will be promoted, by conduct opposed to that which the general interest of the community requires. The interest, for example, of the government is to tax heavily; that of the community is to be as little taxed as the necessary expenses of good government permit. The interest of the king and of the governing aristocracy is to possess and exercise unlimited power over the people; to enforce, on their part, complete conformity to the will and preferences of the rulers.”
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