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Taxation through the ages and oddities of tax history
The piece surveys ancient and historical tax practices from 1862 and 1913 US levies to Sparta and Chou Dynasty methods. It notes Rome, Boston Tea Party echoes, and quirks like taxes on windows and payments in feathers, urging readers to laugh yet persevere through tax season.
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