On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
The only knowledge which the public can have of the reduction of the debt, must be through the reduction of taxes for paying the interest.
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Thomas Paine
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In "Rights of Man," Paine asserts that the public can only perceive a true reduction in national debt through a corresponding decrease in taxes levied to pay its interest.
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