Basic Historic and Biblical Notions on the Subject.
The question is, Why don't they apply in Hardin County, Tennessee?
"The subjects of every state ought to contribute toward the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state . . . . [As Henry Home (Lord Kames) has written, a goal of taxation should be to] ‘remedy inequality of riches as much as possible, by relieving the poor and burdening the rich.’ "
Adam Smith, AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES
OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS (1776)
(Book V, Chapter II, part II, pp.777,779 (1937 ed.))
A fair tax system asks citizens to contribute to the cost of government services based on their ability to pay. This is a venerable idea, as old as the biblical notion that a few pennies from a poor woman’s purse cost her more than many pieces of gold from a rich man’s hoard.
"The subjects of every state ought to contribute toward the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state . . . . [As Henry Home (Lord Kames) has written, a goal of taxation should be to] ‘remedy inequality of riches as much as possible, by relieving the poor and burdening the rich.’ "
Adam Smith, AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES
OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS (1776)
(Book V, Chapter II, part II, pp.777,779 (1937 ed.))
A fair tax system asks citizens to contribute to the cost of government services based on their ability to pay. This is a venerable idea, as old as the biblical notion that a few pennies from a poor woman’s purse cost her more than many pieces of gold from a rich man’s hoard.
The question was, Why don't they apply in Hardin County, Tennessee? The answer may be because the majority of the citizens of Hardin County have, in the past, abdicated their responsibilities as Christian/Citizens to keep themselves informed and to participate.
We could fix that, August 2006.
Respectfully submitted for your consideration.
Ted
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