Gabelle & Sel de devoir – French tax on & mandatory purchase of salt until 1946 (en.wikipedia.org) 2 points by burnt-resistor 1mo ago ↗ HN
[–] burnt-resistor 1mo ago ↗ The tax was enforced to the point of debt imprisonment, transportation, and execution.
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