The Tax on Taxes: Member of the New York State Senate Committee on Finance

TAXES HAVE BEEN LAID on many things in the course of human history. At one time a man had to pay a tax on each window in his house; at another time it was chimneys. In India a tax on ordinary table salt has been the center of political agitation. In Italy taxes were recently laid on titles of nobili...

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Published in:Barron's (Chicopee, Mass.) Mass.), 1941-12, Vol.21 (49), p.4
Main Author: Desmond, Thomas C
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Income taxes
Injustice
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Summary:TAXES HAVE BEEN LAID on many things in the course of human history. At one time a man had to pay a tax on each window in his house; at another time it was chimneys. In India a tax on ordinary table salt has been the center of political agitation. In Italy taxes were recently laid on titles of nobility. Almost everything from bachelorhood to beards has been subject to tax somewhere at some time.
ISSN:1077-8039