Paine is arguing why monarchies are a poor form of government. Describe why Paine believes that monarchies are bad, using evidence from the passage. Write three to four sentences.

In England a King hath little more to do than to make war and give away places; which, in plain terms, is to [impoverish] the nation. . . . A pretty business indeed for a man to be allowed eight hundred thousand sterling a year for, and worshipped into the bargain! Of more worth is one honest man to society . . . than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.
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