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There is nothing simple, nothing manly, nothing ingenuous, open, decisive, or steady, in the proceeding, with regard either to the continuance or the repeal of the taxes.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke expresses his discontent with the lack of transparency and decisiveness in the government's taxation policies.
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