Would it not be better to simplify the system of taxation rather than …

Thomas Jefferson
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Would it not be better to simplify the system of taxation rather than to spread it over such a variety of subjects and pass through so many new hands. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (2010). The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia II, Correspondence 1782-1786, p.382, Cosimo, Inc.
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Would it not be better to simplify the system of taxation rather than to spread it over such a variety of subjects and pass through so many new hands. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (2010). The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia II, Correspondence 1782-1786, p.382, Cosimo, Inc.

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