It has, therefore, just as much right to cheat debtors, by compelling them to pay more than they agreed to pay, as it has to cheat creditors, by compelling them to accept less than they agreed to accept.
Spooner argues that Congress can unfairly manipulate contracts to benefit one party over another.
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