Why the Assembly Became Obstructionist

Notables did not rally against cologne's plans to protect their own privileged interests, but rather simply because they disagreed that the plans proposed were the best way to go about their intended consequences. The debates over the land tax do not at all suggest a group of rich landowners, for that is indeed what they were digging in their heels at the threatened onslaught of their privileges. Other bur s called for lowering taxes on the most downtrodden while some suggested that taxing gross produce was ill advised and that net produce should be taxed instead.

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