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1819 Dec 24

Radicalism not dangerous II. Nature of the case
3 §.4 III Property in other shapes

Quantity it must accordingly be confessed, might in this case
be rendered determinate. Any for that matter, so even would value. On the other hand unfortunately }
it would }
be, the whole mass of it }
equal to 0. A twelvemillionth }
share of it }
if that were the }
each mans quantity }
would therefore be a }
twelvemillionth share }
of 0. }

Unfortunately, the property composed of the fictitious subject
matter thus carved out would be to property will a
real subject matter in both its shapes which the shadow
of would be compared to the house of which
it were a the shadows. He who To possess a right to a To possess government
annuity is to possess a right to receive for from the land of some
functioning of government, or something that passes for it to a certain amount
amount every half year, Now But, as to the money, unfortunately,
as hath been seen already, it is all gone — If, at the time supposed, the government
possessed any means of obtaining any such money, , it would be through by means the
instrumentality of taxes, requiring out of the mass of such superfluous money superfluities
which use as each man who had any would would respectively possess be in possession of, over and above what
was necessary to keep him above, such a portion as could
be continued to be extracted from him. But besides that in many
would in this state of thing be to be had by any body,
nobody would unless here and there one by accident,
and in spite of the system pursued, would be in possession
of what was necessary to keep him alive: much less
could he find means to obtain, for any such of the purpose as that if handing
it over to a prominent functionary, money, in any
the least quantity, supposing it to have existence

Thus without any need if how an ordinan for the
purpose, the debt national debt would be abolished virtually how vanished extin extinguished.
yet The extinction would be abolition compleat, yet no man alive would be the better for
it: the burthen taken would be from all shoulders; yet not a shoulder
the lighter of would feel the lighter for the change.

Out of taxes, if at all, are the annuities due from government
paid. But there would be no taxes. Why? because
there would not, on any man's hands, be anything that
could be taxed.

Identifier: | JB/137/119/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 137.
Date_1	1819-12-24	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	137	Main Headings	radicalism not dangerous
Folio number	119	Info in main headings field	radicalism not dangerous
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e3
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[prince of wales feathers] i&m 1816]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	arthur wellesley, duke of wellington
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1816
Notes public		ID Number	46836
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