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The indirect are also traced to existing taxation, and their witnesses are crippled trade, unsettled values, oppressive prices, and an inconvertible currency, which of itself is a constant sacrifice.
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Sumner describes indirect sacrifices as the negative economic impacts of existing taxation.
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