been aggravating liberrals-thought you'd be interested: http://www.politicalforum.com/political-opinions-beliefs/70063-summary-o-administrations-first-days-5.html#post1219023
Hi Proof, Not trying to be a jerk but I knew that Jefferson quote was spurious. Here's a response from the Jefferson Library when I contacted them. Dear Mr. ******, Yes, this is spurious as far as we know. Unfortunately I don't have much insight on this one, though - I have a brief article on this one up on our TJ Encyclopedia at http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/The_democracy_will_cease_to_exist. Sincerely, Anna Berkes Research Librarian Jefferson Library P.O. Box 316 Charlottesville, VA 22902 Phone: 434.984.7543 | Fax: 434.984.7546 reference@monticello.org http://www.monticello.org/library/index.html NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic mail transmission is intended by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc. only for the use of the named individual or entity to which it is directed. It should not be copied, forwarded, or incorporated into any(*)other medium. And here's the link by itself: http://wiki.monticello.org/mediawiki/index.php/The_democracy_will_cease_to_exist The following quotation is often attributed to Thomas Jefferson: "The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." No evidence has been found that Jefferson ever wrote this. The concept of taxing income was not unknown to Jefferson, but his writings on the topic of taxation indicate that he viewed taxation generally as a source of revenue for the government Figured you'd want to know. Regards, Capeo
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