# Stupid liberal idea of the day

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**Created:** [April 20, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086 "2011-04-20T15:35:49Z")\
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Thanks to diligent Dopers in another thread, a 210-year old liberal scandal has recently come to light. It was perpetrated by none other than Thomas Jefferson, the very founder of the Leftist Marxo-Democrat Party.

> [@The Louisiana Purchase](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-louisiana-purchase/675441/16):
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> The bonds, as per the treaty, paid 6% interest due semi-annually with the principle being redeemed after 15 years…  
> The Louisiana Purchase raised the US national debt from $70 million to $81 million, at a time when government revenue ran about $10 million per year.

The history books gloss over that this so-called purchase – of land which naturally belonged to the Freedom Lovers™ and which France could never defend – used funds stolen from the Americans’ grandchildren, with Jefferson and the other Liberals paying more than the nation’s entire tax revenue. :mad: :smack:

Shame. Shame on the Marxo-Democrats, whose founder has also been linked, IIRC, to the Illuminati.

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