I presume, that though all the people of England pay taxes, not an hundredth part of them are electors, and the members of one of the houses of parliament represent nobody but themselves.
In "Rights of Man," Paine criticizes the English electoral system, highlighting the vast disparity between taxpayers and electors and the self-serving nature of some parliamentary members.
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