On today's date in 1799: British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the Napoleonic Wars. #history #grownostr
On today's date in 1799: British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the Napoleonic Wars. #history #grownostr
Today governments just print money to go to war making it way more affordable and less damaging to their reputation in the short term.
Resist wars by supporting #Bitcoin
