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You make the poor man pay three hundred dollars; but the rich man pays no more.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “You make the poor man pay three hundred dollars; but the rich man pays no more.”
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Sumner highlights the disparity in taxation between the poor and the rich, criticizing the current system.
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