One dollar annual tax if you’re single and between the ages of 21 and 50
This law, enacted in 1820, taxes a single guy for a buck every year. Milking a single guy for his beer money is just wrong.
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This was an example of an Early 19th century “poll tax” (i.e. a flat tax per person). Poll taxes were common in the US before income taxes and were all eliminated in the 20th century because they were considered discriminatory against the poor.
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David
December 28, 2009
I am curios to know how many people in the state are paying that tax.
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Robert
June 13, 2010
missouri is full of stupid laws
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zach
January 5, 2011