"It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion."

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Source : Adam Smith (1827). “An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations”, p.355

Adam Smith

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