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... are independent property - holders , does not probably exceed 7,000,000 . To discharge the debt , it would be necessary that these persons should pay , on an aver- age , nearly $ 600 . This debt may be 292 NATIONAL DEBT .
... are independent property - holders , does not probably exceed 7,000,000 . To discharge the debt , it would be necessary that these persons should pay , on an aver- age , nearly $ 600 . This debt may be 292 NATIONAL DEBT .
Page 293
... debt is owing to some 300,000 persons . It would seem , then , that 27,000,000 of people are enormously taxed to pay the interest on this vast debt to this small number of creditors . The British Govern- ment is always laying anchors to ...
... debt is owing to some 300,000 persons . It would seem , then , that 27,000,000 of people are enormously taxed to pay the interest on this vast debt to this small number of creditors . The British Govern- ment is always laying anchors to ...
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... debt off at once ! He defended this scheme on the two - fold ground of justice and economy , contending that what a ... debt , and therefore ought not to entail its payment upon posterity — and that , by immediately discharging the debt ...
... debt off at once ! He defended this scheme on the two - fold ground of justice and economy , contending that what a ... debt , and therefore ought not to entail its payment upon posterity — and that , by immediately discharging the debt ...
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IntroductoryThe Condition of England Question | 13 |
CHAPTER II | 20 |
CHAPTER III | 31 |
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