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But if you reject their votes, you cannot take their money.
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Sumner asserts that rejecting votes while accepting tax contributions is fundamentally unjust.
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The subterfuges of the politician cannot escape it.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
I am in favor of a tariff for revenue, such a one as will yield a sufficient amount to the treasury to defray the expenses of the government, economically administered.
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