...of taxes and that taxes should be certain, not arbitrary. The third is that every tax "ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner, in which it...likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it." Finally, taxes "ought to be so contrived as both to take out and to keep out of the pockets of the...

...be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person. . . . III. Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner, in which it...likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it. ... IV. Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take out and keep out of the pockets of the people...

...nations, is not near so great an evil as a very small degree of uncertainty. III. Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner, in which it...be convenient for the contributor to pay it A tax «pon the rent of land or of houses, payable at the same term at which such rents are usually paid,...

...to every other person. Anything else leads to injustice or extortion. Every tax ought to be levelled at the time, or in the manner in which it is most...likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay. Taxes should not cause large extra sacrifices to the taxpayer. He believed that taxes that discourage...

...be clear and plain to the contributor, and to every other person [...]. III. Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner in which it is most likely to be convement for the contributor to pay it [...]. IV. Every tax ought to be so contrived as both to take...

...of houses, payable at the same term at which such rents are usually paid, is levied at the time when , or when he is most likely to have wherewithal to pay. Taxes upon such consumable goods as are articles...