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Bring out the chain saw

The multiplication of public offices, increase of expense beyond income, growth and entailment of a public debt, are indications soliciting the employment of the pruning knife.

Author Greg RavenPosted on May 16, 2009November 1, 2018Format QuoteCategories economics, governmentTags Thomas Jefferson

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