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Walking through the ancient streets of England, you will notice a very strange picture - stately manor of the Classical period with laid brick windows. What has such a special "architectural elements" are present in almost all historical buildings, facades and changing the overall image of the city is not in a good way. As it turned out, on such a bizarre "fashion" had a very good reason.
At all times the only way how the powers that be did not try to replenish the treasury and obtain the means to support their huge palaces and a large retinue. Naturally in such situations, suffering people, on whose shoulders bear a crushing burden of payment of various fees and taxes.
Sometimes it came to the point of absurdity, which affects not only the people who lived in those times, but the overall architecture of the towns and villages. One such thoughtless taxes levied as much as half a century, a "cry" of the estate left without windows.
Initially, the tax on the window, which was introduced in 1696 by King William III of, had a very specific focus, and was conceived as a sort of luxury tax.
In those days, the glass was very expensive, and therefore it could afford only the wealthy people who have to so much they loved to show off his wealth, that finishing work window to the existing bearing walls. Therefore, the king issued a decree on the taxation of estates, which had more than 10 windows, thus wanted to make the rich fork.
Since the windows were on everyone's mind, and then charge a fee was very easy. Inspector assessed taxes walked the streets and simply counting window.
Naturally, the shacks of the poor under this article taxes do not fall, it is not enough that the windows in their homes has been very little, they are not glazed. The only exception was that part of the population, who rented accommodation in blocks of flats owned by wealthy owners. After all, this tax had to pay for them, or leave the house.
In order not to remain without tenants, enterprising owners have realized very quickly how to avoid such wasteful tax, and started laying bricks existing windows. And if the house is only built, the project makes cardinal changes and the house was turned almost into a dark hangar, depriving the people living in it people basic and necessary conditions for existence - the fresh air and natural light, and along with the additional heat in the sun days.
Themselves owners live in the apartment, which overlooks the courtyard, because those windows do not fall under the tax. Thus once again I hurt the common people, who had to live in a completely dark room, and the rich manage to avoid large expenditures.
From such a mindless law has suffered and glass production, as demand for products fell sharply.
A few years after the introduction of this absurd law, doctors noted a sharp deterioration in health, especially in children. After dark, unventilated room is a dangerous source of various diseases caused by viruses and bacteria, which are actively developing it, not to mention the harmful effects on vision people.
Not only doctors have condemned the law, but also famous people actively expressed their opposition to such draconian methods of filling the treasury. So, Charles Dickens often expressed my opinion, condemning "window tax", he said: "From now on, the poor in England have lost what is given to them by nature - fresh air and sunshine."
Dire consequences period "window tax" (England).
Family waiting for the abolition of "window tax" (Cartoon).
Only in 1851 the ill-fated tax on windows was canceled, at what he was replaced on the house tax. Many researchers believe that the well-known expression "Theft of daylight", Was the result of such a waste of tax, which had a very detrimental.
A concept such as taxes, has existed since time immemorial. During the entire existence of mankind have only come up with ways not to fill the coffers of the country. Not just mindless exactions caused uprisings and riots, were discouraged or simply absurd.
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