 | Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain) - 1919 - 680 lapas
...doubt. We have progressed, or ought to have progressed, far beyond the simple rule of Colbert, that " the art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to "procure the greatest quantity of feathers with the least possible "amount of hissing." Statesmen and... | |
 | William Sharp McKechnie - 1896 - 476 lapas
...they possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third " ; or the cynical ban mot of Colbert, that " the art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to procure the largest quantity of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing." Such opinions... | |
 | William Smart - 1900 - 144 lapas
...still disfigure our system, and are emphasised by some as proof of the cynical saying of Colbert, that the art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to procure the greatest quantity of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing. Second. The "... | |
 | Minnesota Academy of Social Sciences - 1908 - 240 lapas
...elements which appeal to all of us. Then we have Colbert's statement, witty and yet philosophical, that the art of taxation "consists in so plucking the goose as to procure the largest quantity of feathers with the least possible amount of squawking." Primitive government... | |
 | Commonwealth Club of California - 1908 - 570 lapas
...will best subserve the general welfare of political society." The Section seems to have forgotten that the "art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to get the greatest amount of feathers with the least amount of hissing." Let us have more consideration... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means - 1985 - 404 lapas
...system and how easily they can comply with its provisions. A finance minister to Louis XIV once wrote, "The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose...obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing." Mr. Chairman, during the past few weeks, I have received hundreds of letters... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 lapas
...always depend on the support of Paul. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Anglo-Irish playwright, critic The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose...amount of feathers with the least amount of hissing. Jean Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683) French statesman They sing now. They will pay later. Jules, Cardinal... | |
 | Geoff Mulgan, Robin Murray - 1993 - 59 lapas
...taxes and services. 12. Colbert, Louis XIV's finance minister, said that the art of taxation consisted in 'so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing.' 13. The practices of transfer pricing and the problems inherent... | |
 | Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 lapas
...not given to men. Burke was referring to the chancellor of the exchequer, Charles Townshend. 1 788 The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest possible amount of hissing. Attributed to JEAN BAPTISTE... | |
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The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest amount of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing". 
