Scrooge - Scott

"Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir."; "Are there no prisons?" "Plenty of prisons..." "And the workhouses." demanded Scrooge. "Are they still in operation?" "Both very busy, sir..."; "Those who are badly off must go there." "Many can't go there; and many would rather die."; "If they would rather die," said Scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."; Ebenezer Scrooge: GOP Policymaker