Body Quote by Adam Smith

The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities.

— Adam Smith

The necessaries of life occasion the great expense of the poor. They find it difficult to get food, and the greater part of their…

— Adam Smith

No one has ever proved that a human being, through his descent from a certain group of people, must of necessity have certain mental…

— Franz Boas

Ministers should impress upon the people the necessity of individual effort. No church can flourish unless its members are workers. The people must lift…

— Ellen G. White

The problem is capitalism. The problem is that in order to sell seven billion people on the necessity of globalisation, we've created a moral…

— Laurie Penny

Progressive taxation of income and profits means that precisely those parts of the income which people would have saved and invested are taxed away

— Ludwig von Mises

Progressive taxation can offset the effect of growing inequality.

— Winnie Byanyima

Yeah, I am in favor of migration. But I am also in favor of education. But at the same time, I am in favor…

— Thomas Piketty

Many argue that graduates earn a 'premium' because of their education, and should have to pay their way. I agree, and that's why I've…

— John McDonnell

The liberals who demanded equality of taxation on behalf of the poor, for instance, did not imagine that they would obtain progressive taxation to…

— Vilfredo Pareto

The U.S. is the country that invented progressive taxation of income and of inherited wealth in the 1910s and '20s.

— Thomas Piketty

You've got to of course create jobs, you've got to increase the tax base, but progressive taxation those limited powers that we have, we…

— Humza Yousaf