A tax can never be favorable to the public welfare, except by the good use that is made of its proceeds.


Book I, On Production, Chapter XVII, Section I, p. 168 - A Treatise On Political Economy (Fourth Edition) (1832)

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A tax can never be favorable to the public welfare, except by the good use that is made of its proceeds.

A tax can never be favorable to the public welfare, except by the good use that is made of its proceeds.

A tax can never be favorable to the public welfare, except by the good use that is made of its proceeds.

A tax can never be favorable to the public welfare, except by the good use that is made of its proceeds.