Summary of Paine's Common Sense In the pamphlet Command Sense, by Thomas Paine, the main concern is pointed out very clearly as to why Americans debate for long hours and write volumes on the subject of the struggle between England and America, when the reasons for it is so obvious. But before Thomas gives his reasons he suggests that all plans and proposals made prior to the nineteenth of April( the battle of Lexington and Concord) are out of date and useless now towards the true facts of the problem. The first few reasons magnified on how the colonies have been injured many times just by being connected to England. O