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To this end it is indispensable that its finances should be untrammeled and its resources as far as practicable unencumbered.
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gutenberg.orgMartin Van Buren: “To this end it is indispensable that its finances should be untrammeled and its resources as far as practicable…”
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Van Buren argues that the government's finances must remain free and clear to function effectively.
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