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title: "What was Thomas Paine suggesting about the government when he said, \"That a man whose only property was a jackass would lose his right to vote if the jackass died\"?"  
description: "What was Thomas Paine suggesting about the government when he said, \"That a man whose only property was a jackass would lose his right to vote if the jackass died\"?"  
author: "Cox elliott"  
published: 2018-04-25  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41625/what-was-thomas-paine-suggesting-about-the-government-when-he-said-that-a-man-whose-only-property-was-a-jackass-would-lose-his-right-to-vote-if-the-jackass-died  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What was Thomas Paine suggesting about the government when he said, "That a man whose only property was a jackass would lose his right to vote if the jackass died"?

What was [Thomas Paine](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34802/what-was-the-title-of-thomas-paine-s-popular-political-pamphlet-written-in-1776-outlining-his-arguments-in-favor-of-american-independence) suggesting about the [government](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51300/what-are-the-4-theories-of-government) when he said, "That a man whose only [property](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44059/couple-of-supportive-tips-when-taking-a-gander-at-property-for-sale) was a jackass would lose his [right to vote](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35665/in-what-year-did-u-s-women-earn-the-right-to-vote) if the jackass died"?


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