On the recordJanuary 1, 1776
There is not money enough, and, what is equally as true, the people will not let there be money enough.
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Thomas Paine
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gutenberg.orgThomas Paine: “There is not money enough, and, what is equally as true, the people will not let there be money enough.”
Editor's note · Context
In "The American Crisis," Paine laments the scarcity of currency and the public's resistance to measures that would increase it.
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