It is a well known and very important fact that America's founding fathers did not like taxation without … - John Kenneth Galbraith

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John Kenneth Galbraith

It is a well known and very important fact that America's founding fathers did not like taxation without representation. It is a lesser known and equally important fact that they did not much like taxation with representation.

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