Edmund Burke: “It is probably the first debt ever assuming the title of Consolidation…”

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It is probably the first debt ever assuming the title of Consolidation that did not express what the amount of the sum consolidated was.

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Edmund Burke

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Burke critiques the terminology used in describing a debt consolidation that lacks clarity on the amount involved.

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Edmund Burke: “It is probably the first debt ever assuming the title of Consolidation that did not express what the amount of the sum…”