Government is expensive "and it's fit that everyone who enjoys his share of the protection " should pay out of his estate."

维持政府是要花钱的,“凡享受保护的人，都应该从他的产业中,支出他的一份来维持政府“

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Equal justice, he tells us, requires equal taxation policy and he seems to be proposing a kind of consumption tax so that the rich, who consume more will have to pay their fair share.

再者，社会公平是建立在等同的税收政策上的,霍布斯还提议征收消费税,如此一来，富人就会因为消费得多，而缴纳相对公平的税收份额。

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