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~oJlected iilto a CtJuntr )·, out the con tinual increase
af that quantity, from which the ad,-antage arises to
~nlpl()"nlent 2nJ Dopulat!rJn. It i·-; Ofil,r the (I{reSSiOll.
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d" l!lO!j(Y ,";h!ch prf)d~ce~ the effect, and it is only by
nlOne)· con~t~nti~· fiu~ri!l;':; into a country that the et:'
feet can be cc'~:~rant. :,~ow \\:hate\7el· c~nsequence
ari~~es to the cuu!1tr:: fFlm the influx of money, the
contrar\~ C1~:'.' b~ (~... =;j-=:::t.-!J to follo\v from the diminution
~~f :!s ·q::~r.tlr;.:; 2~J according:y we find, that
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\YJ!2tc,~er ca !.l~~C l1!-a!Ii~ c~:-~ tt!e speCIe 0 a country, lastt·r
tI1~n tIle ~!! C~Ij-1S \'l.-l"!icn f::.:ed it c~n suppiy, not only
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CJurse upon commerce c·r politics. rl~he l~aloJ:.{e rif
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\\~lt.J ::in-r It!r{:!~n n~tl0!l IS ~al\. to e 3!'"a,nst or
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111 fa\rt~'llr or a C(;1!11tT)!', ~ir!1pl)T as it tends to carry
money eut., or to') bring it in; that i~ .. accordirl h as .
the price ():- t!:e itTIports exccelis or f~111s sholet ot· the
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4-'- the ~ncr"3aC-O or
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brallch of it.s COtl111iercc.
I,T_ ( .orl-- ."\ :~.~ 'rIOl'_ i\S i4.1.\·;....,S take nothing out of a
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c~Ou!1tr)l; as they (10 n()[ JirrJiL~s}l the pllblic steck,
()nlv \·ar\~ rIle di~tri11uti('n of it, tne\.y are nor necessa-
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~'ily ~n:judicial t.'") popnbtionl _!f the ~tate ex.act mo~
jley' trf'!11 cc!-talll nl~!11bers of the cOTl1mUlllty, she
(iispell~e$ it aiso an1011~st (,ther members of the same
Cl)n1nlunit\,. 'l'ilC ,," \\-110 COlltribute to the rf'venue,
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c~nd they who are supported or benefited by the expenses
of gcvernm(;nt, ar~ to he pbr.ed one against
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:he otller; and \vllilst '.vllat t11c subsistence of one
!lart is profited 1))7 recei"ing, conlpensates for \\'hat
:hat of the OIher s~ffers by paying, the common fund
of the 50ciety is n:)t lessened. This is true: but it
I11US t be ob"erve(l, that aithough the sum di~tribut€d
by ih ~ 5!ate be ahvays equal to the sum collected from
! he pc.Jpl(·, yet the gain and loss to the JI".eans of sub.
~S: ,~~,-'11C~~ 111(1'" be '''~r',· t!.1'!!!'llfa/: antI tile balance "'ill
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