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Indirect Legislation § 10

or less the policy of almost every modern european state
I mean that of drawing a revenue from the steps
which a man who has been injured must take in
order to procure justice: of all imaginable sources of taxation
the very worst. Other taxes are commonly taxes upon prosperity;
this [alone] is a tax upon misfortune
If When a man has had his house burnt down
by the negligence, or his cattle seized by the
oppression, of a neighbour, he is taxed you tax him if he offers
to such relief a remedy at law: With one hand it offers holds
out to men relief: with the
other han it pushes
them back away.
why not tax him for having
it burnt down by lightning? When You tax him for having his cattle
have been taken from him by an oppressive landlord the oppression of a
litigious landlord, you tax him again in this
tax case: why not tax him for having lost them
by the plague? The legis You watch the moment
when a man is least able to bear the
burthen, and then you lay throw it on him. load him with it. But
taxes which have been already laid on can not
be abolished: what other would be better? the answer
is, any other whatsoever. This in order
A tax laid on borne by laid on at the end of a suit and not before upon the
party in the wrong is a fine upon delinquency. punishment for injustice.
a tax laid on at the beginning of the suit upon both

parties

Identifier: | JB/087/131/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 87.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	19-22
Box	087	Main Headings	indirect legislation
Folio number	131	Info in main headings field	indirect legislation
Image	002	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f17 / f18 / f19 / f20
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::r williams [britannia with shield emblem]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	c. hamilton
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	27656
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