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7. Paine's essay would cause your average Ayn Rand worshipper's head to explode

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 10:44 PM

Jul 2012

The full 1796 essay, "Agrarian Justice," advocates...

To create a national fund, out of which there shall be paid to every person, when arrived at the age of twenty-one years, the sum of fifteen pounds sterling, as a compensation in part, for the loss of his or her natural inheritance, by the introduction of the system of landed property:

And also, the sum of ten pounds per annum, during life, to every person now living, of the age of fifty years, and to all others as they shall arrive at that age.

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Um...yeah...about the whole "You didn't build that" thing... [View all] WilliamPitt Jul 2012 OP

Pragmatic! NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #1

I p ut it on my facebook riverbendviewgal Jul 2012 #2

I love that page on facebook! one_voice Jul 2012 #3

The People Who Believe In The Self Made Man Do Not Let Them Hire Anyone. TheMastersNemesis Jul 2012 #4

YAY! Love Thomas Paine. Thanks, William. freshwest Jul 2012 #5

Obama says he was referring to infrastructure. Zax2me Jul 2012 #6

Paine's essay would cause your average Ayn Rand worshipper's head to explode caraher Jul 2012 #7

holy shit he's a commie! zeemike Jul 2012 #12

Obama was entirely accurate in his statement ... spin Jul 2012 #8

Would the "job creators" really be "job creators" ... IggleDoer Jul 2012 #9

Here is another good part of Agrarian Justice I bet the Repugs don't know about. modem77 Jul 2012 #10

This is awesome. lumberjack_jeff Jul 2012 #15

k&r... spanone Jul 2012 #11

K & R !!! WillyT Jul 2012 #13

Yeah, I heard that quote on Glenn Beck's show. progressoid Jul 2012 #14

Up WilliamPitt Jul 2012 #16

Heathen socialist!! Commie radical! Those aren't "Anglo Saxon" values!!!!!!!! MADem Jul 2012 #17

Up WilliamPitt Jul 2012 #18

Thomas Paine-greatest of the forefathers. Skidmore Jul 2012 #19