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To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder
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"To tax the community for the advantage of a class is not protection: it is plunder"

- Benjamin Disraeli

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This quote by Benjamin Disraeli is a criticism of the idea of protectionism, which is the practice of protecting a certain market or sector of the economy from foreign competitors through using tariffs and other steps. Disraeli is arguing that taxing the neighborhood in order to benefit a specific class of individuals is not protectionism, but rather a form of exploitation. He is recommending that protectionism should be utilized to benefit the whole community, not just a select couple of. This quote is a tip that protectionism should be utilized to benefit the whole, not just a couple of. It is a reminder that the federal government must not be used to benefit a certain class of people at the expense of the rest of the community. Protectionism must be utilized to benefit the entire community, not simply a select few.

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Benjamin Disraeli This quote is written / told by Benjamin Disraeli between December 21, 1804 and April 19, 1881. He was a famous Statesman from United Kingdom. The author also have 113 other quotes.

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