One can, to some extent, translate the above analysis of earned andunearnedincome into an evaluation of types of tax.
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States that have mineral wealth or other sources of 'unearnedincome ', never face the need to develop organisational skills.
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One can arrange revenue sources along a spectrum or scale from earned tounearned.
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The distinction that he makes is between earned andunearnedstate income.
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These figures imply the beginnings of urban manufacturing investment in land and also an increase in ' genteel ' lending to provideunearnedincome.
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As such, it was incapable of arbitrary discrimination - of conferringunearnedprivileges upon allies and favorites - the very definition of a corrupt and aristocratic government.
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More narrowly based indirect taxes, such as those on trade, are closer to theunearnedextreme of the spectrum.
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This distinction between earned andunearnedincome would seem to be an important one.
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Often income earned from oil, minerals, and foreign aid are used as examples of the sources ofunearnedincome.
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Income extracted in this way by the governing elite is likely to have more of anunearnedcharacter.
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This is true ofunearnedincome.
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Large and 'unearned' bonus payments must be avoided if possible, even though such 'wasted' expenditures may still leave bonus systems economical on balance; otherwise political ridicule could prove disastrous.
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The housekeeping allowance of last week has suddenly becomeunearnedincome.
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It is indefensible at this time that established principles of taxation should be upset in favour ofunearnedincome.
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