It is a reproach to any government to waste such an immensity of revenue in sinecures and nominal and unnecessary places and officers, and not allow even a decent livelihood to those on whom the labour falls.
Paine condemns governments that squander public funds on unnecessary positions while failing to provide adequate support for those who perform essential labor.
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