Strabo wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:47:51 +0100, Guido
wrote:

When talking about the rich having a greater voice in
government than the poor he was even clearer:

"Private Property therefore is a Creature of Society,
and is subject to the Calls of that Society, whenever
its Necessities shall require it, even to its last
Farthing; its Contributions therefore to the public
Exigencies are not to be considered as conferring a
Benefit on the Publick, entitling the Contributors to
the Distinctions of Honour and Power, but as the Return
of an Obligation previously received, or the Payment
of a just Debt."
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/found...v1ch12s25.html

No discussion of real property there.


You sure revealed ole Ben! He always did have a thing for royalty
and fancy trappings. Guess that's why he wasn't invited to some
of the meetings. :-)


****t wanna to hear about that "person of a wicked,
malicious and seditious disposition" Thomas Paine's advocacy
of a progressive income tax to finance education, relief for
the poor, old aged pensions and public works for the unemployed?