~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C'punks, On Sun, 5 May 1996, Alan Horowitz wrote:
didn't the feudal vassels only pay 33% ?
Actually, no. When I used to edit a magazine, I commissioned an article about how much "tax" slaves, serfs, etc. paid. That is, how much of what they produced, did they get to keep; how much went to their masters. The surprising, cross-cultural answer my researcher/writer found was that they got to keep everthing they produced except 5-10%. That's a lot better, percentage-wise, than for modern "tax slaves." S a n d y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~