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Old 10-24-2007, 07:13 PM   #116 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JohnBua
The whole sentence is about raising money to run the govenment. It does not mention its people. Why would the sentence be about the government, then switch its subject in them middle, then go back? Had it been about the people, it would have said so.
Apparently, that depends on whether you are a Madisonian or a Hamiltonian.
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