Outlines of Public Finance (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Outlines of Public FinanceI. Public Finance Has Distinguishing Characteristics. - Man is by nature a social being, and consequently seeks the association of his fellow creatures. As this association develops and becomes more complex, the need for establishing and enforcing certain regulations appears, and governments are inaugurated to safeguard property and insure the orderly conduct of the com munity. The extent of governmental activities depends largely Upon the degree of advancement in civilization. Among the primitive and backward peoples, the functions of governments are few and ill defined, whereas in highly civilized states they are numerous and, although often Very complex, they are, nevertheless, well defined. The march of progress in the development of government is from the Simple to the complex, and the more complex the organization the more numerous and difficult are the problems which present themselves.The members of an advanced social group frequently fail to comprehend the extent to which they are indebted to their government for the services which it renders them. The Constitution of the United States, for ex ample, guarantees to the citizen the protection of life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness, yet he often forgets that this guarantee entails the maintenance of armies and navies, of legislatures and judicial systems.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.