I won't delve into it, but he obviously thought about this a lot. He predicted the corruption of the government, the real estate bubble, the eradication of debts, levying of taxes, destruction of religion, etc... It was apparently in reference to comments made by Mr. Nedham earlier. That was 10 years before he was elected president. It even talks about seconds. For example, it says... "Debts would be abolished first; taxes laid heavy on the rich, and not at all on the others; and at last a downright equal division of every thing be demanded, and voted. What would be the consequence of this? The idle, the vicious, the intemperate, would rush into the utmost extravagance of debauchery, sell and spend all their share, and then demand a new division of those who purchased from them."
I just thought it was interesting.
Obviously, he had some experience here personally or through records of someone else. In flowery and concise language, it still fits in less than 1/2 a screen! It is published at the university of chicago, of all places. I WOULD provide a link but, well...
Steve
Sal
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