The great expansion of our currency, the ease with which money had been obtained, and the extravagance with which it had been expended in all the walks of life, produced in the minds of the people an indifference to the question of economy.
Blaine discusses the public's growing indifference to economic prudence due to the ease of obtaining money.
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