No nation ought to be without a debt. A national debt is a national bo…

Thomas Paine
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No nation ought to be without a debt. A national debt is a national bond; and when it bears no interest, is in no case a grievance. ✨ Thomas Paine (2015). The Thomas Paine Collection: Common Sense, Rights of Man, Age of Reason, An Essay on Dream, Biblical Blasphemy, Examination Of The Prophecies, p.27, Ravenio Books
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