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自古雅典时期以来,征税与政治代议之间的联系就一直是民主制的核心尽管人们已赋予了(并将继续赋予)“民主”(demos)不同的定义。伯里克利统治的雅典曾指望有产阶级为公众节日和制造战舰的开销买单,并在公元前418年推出了一种财产税,用以支付伯罗奔尼撒战争的费用。这样做的后果就是民主制的出现(当然,只有有产阶级的精英才能拥有自己的代表)关于税收的决策由成年男性公民参加的群众大会制定.并由一个五百人组成的理事会负责执行。
Since the ancient Athens period, the link between taxation and political representation has been at the core of democracy, although different definitions have been (and will continue to be) endorsed by the “demos.” Athens, ruled by Pericles, had expected the bourgeoisie to pave the way for public festivals and the costs of producing battleships and introduced a property tax in 418 BC to cover the cost of the Peloponnesian War. The consequence of this is the emergence of democracy (of course, only the bourgeois elite can have its own representatives). The decision on taxation was made at a mass meeting attended by adult male citizens and was administered by a five hundred-member council .