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How else are you going to find evidence of a slow-moving phenomenon? Besides, has human nature changed in the last 150 years? If the assertion is (for example)

• __loam 2y ago
  Weirdly enough I actually had to write a college paper on the tax policy of the late Byzantine Empire. During the tenth and eleventh centuries, Roman land became increasingly consolidated under a few influential families, who used their influence to pay less taxes. This weakened the state and left it vulnerable to the fourth crusade and eventually the fall to the Turks. Back to here, I don't think tax policy from the 1800s is especially relevant because the United States has gone through extensive reform with respect to monetary and economic policy since that time. The fed didn't exist and we were still on the gold standard. It's weird to use an obscure law nobody has every heard of to argue against taxing a class of wealthy Americans that are paying historically low tax rates.
  • someguydave 2y ago
    This thread is about how taxes with small rates applied only to the rich have a historically documented tendency to grow in scope and rate, and that therefore it is legitimate for all potential taxpayers to worry about a new kind of tax, no matter how tightly scoped and low in rate in initial proposals