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To: KLP who wrote (494199)	7/4/2012 3:46:47 PM
From: LindyBill	2 Recommendations Respond to of 793622

Thank you Karen, for finding that. It contains the essence of what I learned from A.J. Galambos back in the 70s. The summation is what I call a "thought print." Read Jefferson, read Paine, and it's obvious who wrote it.

To: KLP who wrote (494199)	7/5/2012 12:05:54 AM
From: average joe	Respond to of 793622

"The Declaration of Independence Was It Written by Thomas Paine?" I can't imagine Jefferson ever saying the following... h/t The Black Swan Thomas Paine: Every proprietor, therefore, of cultivated lands, owes to the community ground-rent (for I know of no better term to express the idea) for the land which he holds; and it is from this ground-rent that the fund prod in this plan is to issue. The property owners owe rent to those who do not own property for the privilege of cultivating the land, and taking away the natural ownership that all people have... 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.