Wednesday, December 10, 2014

More we can learn from our founding fathers...

A man would be ashamed to be told that he signed a petition, praying that he might pay less than his share of the public expence, or that those who had trusted the public might never receive their money; yet he does the same thing when he petitions against taxation, and the only difference is, that be taking shelter under the name, he seems to conceal the meanness he would otherwise blush at. Is it popular to pay our debts, to do justice, to defend an injured and insulted country, to protect the aged and infant, and to give to Liberty a land to live in? then must taxation, as the means by which those things are to be done, be popular likewise.

Thomas Paine, The Necessity of Taxation, April 4, 1782
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