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<head>Indirect Legislation § 10</head> | <head>Indirect Legislation § 10</head> | ||
<add>or</add> less the policy of almost every modern <add>european</add> state<lb/>I mean that of drawing a revenue from the steps <lb/>which a man who has <add>been</add> injured must take in<lb/>order to procure justice: of all <add>imaginable</add> sources of taxation<lb/>the very worst. Other taxes are <add>commonly</add> taxes upon prosperity; <lb/>this [alone] is a tax upon misfortune<lb/><del>If</del> When a man has had his house | <add>or</add> less the policy of almost every modern <add>european</add> state<lb/>I mean that of drawing a revenue from the steps <lb/>which a man who has <add>been</add> injured must take in<lb/>order to procure justice: of all <add>imaginable</add> sources of taxation<lb/>the very worst. Other taxes are <add>commonly</add> taxes upon prosperity; <lb/>this [alone] is a tax upon misfortune<lb/><del>If</del> When a man has had his house burnt down<lb/>by the negligence, <del>or his cattle seized by the<lb/>oppression,</del> of a neighbour, he is taxed <add>you tax him</add> if he offers<lb/>to such relief <add>a remedy</add> at law: <note>With one had it offers <add>holds<lb/>out to</add> men relief: with the<lb/>other <del>han</del> it pushes<lb/>them back <add>away.</add><lb/></note> why not tax him for having<lb/>it burnt down by lightning? When <add>You tax him for having</add> his cattle<lb/>have been taken <unclear>him</unclear> by <del>an oppressive landlord</del> <add>the oppression of a</add><lb/>litigious landlord, you tax him again in this<lb/>tax <add>case</add>: why not tax him for having lost them<lb/>by the plague? <del>The legis</del> You watch the moment <lb/>when a man is least able to bear the<lb/><sic>burthen</sic>, and then you lay <add>throw</add> it on him. <add>load him with it.</add> But<lb/>taxes which have been already laid on can not<lb/>be abolished: what other would be better? the answer<lb/>is, any other whatsoever. <gap/> <gap/> <gap/> <gap/><lb/>A tax <del>laid on borne by</del> <add>laid on at</add> the end of a suit <add>and not before</add> upon the<lb/>party in the wrong is a fine upon delinquency. <add>punishment for injustice.</add><lb/>a tax laid on at the beginning of the suit upon both <lb/><note>parties</note> | ||
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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 had 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 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.
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
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