A taxation so forced as not only to maintain a budgetary equilibrium but to yield as well "large, continuous, progressive surpluses –even in years of trials and suffering –is, I submit, against all accepted canons of finance. (Gopal Krishna Gokhale)

A taxation so forced as not only to maintain a budgetary equilibrium but to yield as well "large, continuous, progressive surpluses –even in years of trials and suffering –is, I submit, against all accepted canons of finance.

Gopal Krishna Gokhale

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