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For, do you not know that capital under such rule does not pay the taxes of the country, but that your labor does?
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Victoria C. Woodhull
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gutenberg.orgVictoria C. Woodhull: “For, do you not know that capital under such rule does not pay the taxes of the country, but that your labor does?”
Editor's note · Context
Woodhull critiques the taxation system that disproportionately burdens laborers compared to capital owners.
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