Corrupt Government By Henry George

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“It is not merely positively, but negatively, that great aggregations of wealth, whether individual or corporate, tend to corrupt government and take it out of the control of the masses of the people.” (Dudley 15). This quote is from a book by Henry George, social reformer and writer from the 1800’s (Dudley 14). Mr. George is explaining that with the rise of wealthy corporations the government is becoming corrupt (Dudley 15). He explains that when a wealthy political party is threatened by another party, it cannot be taken out of power because the wealthy can buy them off (Dudley 15).
Also in Henry George’s book, he talks about how it will be hard to fix the problems in America, but it will not be impossible (Dudley 16). “To try to pump out

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