Window tax[0] also does not work. Driving around the country you will see houses with broken out or boarded up windows so the owners didn't have to pay the tax

Window tax[0] also does not work. Driving around the country you will see houses with broken out or boarded up windows so the owners didn't have to pay the tax. The tax was repealed in 1851 but the damage from it can still be seen. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_tax http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window_tax