EpicDude86
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The farmer will see his government supported, his children educated, and the face of his country made a paradise by the contributions of the rich alone, without his being called on to spend a cent from his earnings.
--Thomas Jefferson to Thaddeus Kosciusko, 1811.
I've seen this quote used like this before. TJ would be upset if he saw what you were doing with his words, whip.
What you fail to realize is that 'the farmer' in Thomas Jefferson's era was a necessity to the economy as much as (or more than) any rich man. Farmers were necessary for keeping the people fed, that was THEIR contribution to the economy, they weren't impoverished welfare recipients, struggling to get by.
gtfo, troll.