I see you're up to your usual deceptive tricks again. The quote is from Sir Francis Bacon, not Thomas Jefferson. http://www.quotes.net/authors/Francis+Bacon
It describes the Republican economic philosophy of taking from the many to support the luxury of the wealthiest few.
That's why Republicans want to extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest few.
It can also be found in the Jeffersonian Cyclopedia- http://books.google.com/books?id=2D0gAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA673&ots=goC5PSFzmt&dq=%5D%22I%20think%20we%20have%20more%20machinery%20of%20government%20than%20is%20necessary%2C%20too%20many%20parasites%20living%20on%20the%20labor%20of%20the%20industrious.%22&pg=PA674#v=onepage&q=%5D%22I%20think%20we%20have%20more%20machinery%20of%20government%20than%20is%20necessary,%20too%20many%20parasites%20living%20on%20the%20labor%20of%20the%20industrious.%22&f=false
Jefferson wrote in a letter to William Ludlow, Sept. 6, 1824
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I see you're up to your usual deceptive tricks again. The quote is from Sir Francis Bacon, not Thomas Jefferson. http://www.quotes.net/authors/Francis+Bacon
It describes the Republican economic philosophy of taking from the many to support the luxury of the wealthiest few.
That's why Republicans want to extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest few.
http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/thomas-jefferson-famous-quotes.html
It can also be found in the Jeffersonian Cyclopedia-
http://books.google.com/books?id=2D0gAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA673&ots=goC5PSFzmt&dq=%5D%22I%20think%20we%20have%20more%20machinery%20of%20government%20than%20is%20necessary%2C%20too%20many%20parasites%20living%20on%20the%20labor%20of%20the%20industrious.%22&pg=PA674#v=onepage&q=%5D%22I%20think%20we%20have%20more%20machinery%20of%20government%20than%20is%20necessary,%20too%20many%20parasites%20living%20on%20the%20labor%20of%20the%20industrious.%22&f=false
Jefferson wrote in a letter to William Ludlow, Sept. 6, 1824
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