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And they can deprive them of all other means of subsistence only by putting it out of their power to hire the money that is necessary to enable them to do business for themselves.
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Lysander Spooner
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gutenberg.orgLysander Spooner: “And they can deprive them of all other means of subsistence only by putting it out of their power to hire the money that…”
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He states that laborers are deprived of the means to conduct business due to restrictions on hiring money.
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