https://www.isegoria.net/2013/09/the-hundred-years-war-taxes-and-the-modern-state/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 06 Sep 2026 23:30:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2013/09/the-hundred-years-war-taxes-and-the-modern-state/comment-page-1/#comment-942462 Slovenian Guest Wed, 04 Sep 2013 12:25:07 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=32564#comment-942462 In medieval times there were several famous uprisings in my part of Europe because the church tax was raised from the traditional biblical 10% to 11%; peasants stormed castles and things like that. So imagine my eventual disbelief when I found out that we currently give away 60% of our income to the state, and no pitchforks are out whatsoever; that can’t be true…

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