For those who moan and complain about taxes, I'd just like to share the following list of preposterous things that have been taxed over the course of history: beards (above is a beard tax token from Russia; England temporarily taxes beards as well); windows (a subtle tax aimed at people wealthy enough to own houses with windows); urine (the Romans used it for - actually, you don't even want to know); playing cards (a sin tax on "Go Fish"?); wig powder (not wigs, just the white powder used to dust them); cow flatulence (the tax is to make up for the methane gas introduced into the atmosphere); bribes; and breasts (you paid the tax to be allowed to wear clothes, not take them off - seriously).
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