Utah People's Party

…proclain liberty through out all the land….(Leviticus 25:10)

Little or No Compensation

In the Five Thousand Year leap, on page sixty five, we find the following words of Benjamin Franklin.

In America, salaries, where indispensable, are extremely low; but much of public business is done gratis. The honor of serving the public ably and faithfully is deemed sufficient. Public spirit really exists there, and has great effects. In England it is universally deemed a nonentity, and whoever pretends to it is laughed at as a fool, or suspected as a knave. (Smyth, Writings of Benjamin Franklin, 7:4) Read the rest of this entry »

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