Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, Volumes 30-31R. Bagshaw, 1971 |
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Page 249
... Debt . But how is the evil to be cured ? How can the debt be liqui- dated ? It is far easier to get into a trap than to get safely out of it ! Mr. Pitt provided a panacea for this great national disease . His grand Sinking Fund has been ...
... Debt . But how is the evil to be cured ? How can the debt be liqui- dated ? It is far easier to get into a trap than to get safely out of it ! Mr. Pitt provided a panacea for this great national disease . His grand Sinking Fund has been ...
Page 251
Sinking Fund is superlatively absurd . It cannot reduce the debt . If it had never existed , the nation would at this time have been the whole of its amount , or 300 millions , less in debt . Instead of checking and diminishing the debt ...
Sinking Fund is superlatively absurd . It cannot reduce the debt . If it had never existed , the nation would at this time have been the whole of its amount , or 300 millions , less in debt . Instead of checking and diminishing the debt ...
Page 509
... debt rose to 70 mil- lions , accompanied with an annual charge of 3,382,000l . while the net revenue was 4,378,000l . Here ended all favourable proportion between the interest of the debt and the national revenue . In 1812 , the debt ...
... debt rose to 70 mil- lions , accompanied with an annual charge of 3,382,000l . while the net revenue was 4,378,000l . Here ended all favourable proportion between the interest of the debt and the national revenue . In 1812 , the debt ...
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Letter XII | 105 |
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