Read the excerpt below. In England a King hath little more to do than to make war and give away places; which, in plain terms, is to empoverish the nation. - Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776 Based on the excerpt, what does Paine suggest about the king's actions?

Based on the excerpt, we can see that Paine believes the king is there only to make Britain poorer.

He says in the excerpt that the only job a king can do is to make wars and give away money and territories, which in turn leaves the entire nation poor. As you can see, Paine didn't really have a good opinion about the monarch in general.