The sixteenth amendment (amendment XVI)
When Jefferson wrote “all men are created equal” in the preamble to the Declaration, he was not talking about individual equality. ... It now became a statement of individual equality that everyone and every member of a deprived group could claim for himself or herself.
All People have basic Rights that Cannot be taken Away. These are rights that all people have at birth. The government does not grant these rights, and therefore no government can take them away. The Declaration of Independence says that among these rights are “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
Excuse me, this does not look like a HISTORY question.
Answer:
The correct answer for this question would be the first option. Based on the given excerpt above, what Paine suggests about the king's action is that, his actions make Britain poorer. The king is making the nation poorer because of his actions of making war and giving away land. Hope this answers your question.
