On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
It is from the power of taxation being in the hands of those who can throw so great a part of it from their own shoulders, that it has raged without a check.
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Thomas Paine
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Editor's note · Context
In "Rights of Man," Paine criticizes the unchecked power of taxation when it is controlled by those who can shift its burden onto others.
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