Taxes paid in Britain by the landholder or artificer must enter into and increase the price of the produce of land and manufactures made of it; and great part of this is paid by consumers in the colonies, who thereby pay a considerable part of the British taxes.
Franklin points out that colonial consumers indirectly pay British taxes through increased prices on goods, highlighting economic exploitation.
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