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WiM029 - The Frisby Series | Episode 7 | Bitcoin, Taxation, and Revolution

The "What is Money?" Show

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William Pitt's Taxes

e william pitt would shortly become the prime minister of the u.K. And he was notorious for his plethera of petty taxes. They were literally trying to tax every item. Wriht, every everything that you use in life. Wi ou like your chapstick, your computer monitor, your books,. Your windows, your locks, your keys. Yeare even taxed the s. Everyone in those days wore whigs. When we went to war with napoleon, there was quite a few people who disagreed and so they stopped wearing their wigs. Altogether, we it taxed the business into oblivion.

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