Maybe it’s that Paine was a rentier of Philadelphia with limited money and these guys held positions of authority, large amounts of wealth and land, and therefore had a vested interest in a system that would maintain the ruling class’ authority?

In the US, we have ‘no money’ to fund homes, food, and healthcare for our citizens while we simultaneously destroy houses, impose blockades, murder civilians, and bomb hospitals around the world. There is no quality of life improved for many, but lots of money gained for a few.