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>At that time, many people in Britain opposed income tax, on principle, because the disclosure of personal income represented an unacceptable governmental intru
by weberer 4y ago
>At that time, many people in Britain opposed income tax, on principle, because the disclosure of personal income represented an unacceptable governmental intrusion into private matters, and a potential threat to personal liberty.
I didn't know the British used to be so cool.
- pjc50 4y agoBricking up your windows to own the Liberals. (You can still see this on old buildings, some were never restored to use as windows)
- generalizations 4y ago> to own the Liberals Sometimes it is actually a matter of principle. Not everything revolves around us-vs-them politics, and it would be a disservice to our understanding of others to paint it as such.
- weberer 4y agoYou have it completely backwards. They were the liberals.