They would then demand a tax on the sun as well. There is an old satirical essay by the French economist Frédéric Bastiat on how the candlemakers demanded prot

They would then demand a tax on the sun as well. There is an old satirical essay by the French economist Frédéric Bastiat on how the candlemakers demanded protection from the Sun: Economic Sophisms and the candlemakers' petition Contained within Economic Sophisms is the satirical parable known as the candlemakers' petition in which candlemakers and tallow producers lobby the Chamber of Deputies of the French July Monarchy (1830–1848) to block out the Sun to prevent its unfair competition with their products.[9] Also included in the Sophisms is a facetious petition to the king asking for a law forbidding the usage of everyone's right hand, based on a presumption by some of his contemporaries that more difficulty means more work and more work means more wealth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bastiat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bastiat