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On Christians Who Devour the Poor

Richard Crashaw calls out those religious leaders who, like the pampered scribes attacked by Jesus, devour widows’ houses. We’ve got our own hypocritical Christians today.

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Literature on Why Taxes Are Good

Edgar A. Guest has a fun poem in favor of taxes. And Dickens unloads on those with money who avoid paying them.

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The Rich Complain about Shaming

Some wealthy Americans are receiving therapy to make them feel better about their riches. Swift would have something to say about this, as would F. Scott Fitzgerald and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

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