“Death is the most convenient time to tax rich people.”
David Lloyd George (1863–1945) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In Lord Riddell's Intimate Diary of the Peace Conference and After, 1918-1923 (1933)
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“III. Every tax ought to be levied at the time, or in the manner, in which it is most likely to be convenient for the contributor to pay it.”
Source: (1776), Book V, Chapter II Part II, p. 893.
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Source: (1776), Book V, Chapter II, Part II, p. 892.
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Source: The Wealth of Nations (1776), Book V, Chapter II, Part II, p. 927.
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