On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
The object is not so much the produce of the tax as the justice of the measure.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “The object is not so much the produce of the tax as the justice of the measure.”
Editor's note · Context
In "Rights of Man," Paine asserts that the primary goal of his proposed tax reforms is to achieve justice, not merely to generate revenue.
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