Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Democracy is caused by Tax

Goverments sometimes have to follow one of two courses of action: deducting tax rates or raising tax rates. Tax have been an issue throughout the history of civilization. First, sovereign countries collected taxes from lands they had conquered. They had supplied necessity for fublic welfare and equipments of new wars and it went on so. In course of time, kingdoms and emperors expanded their borders to such an extend that they were not able to invade and incorporate new lands. Therefore, they initiated to increase their domestic taxes that citizens had to pay. Pressure on countrymen to related to tax stimulated people and citizens wanted to govern countries together with kings and men of kings. That desire known as Democracy contains mostly tax issue, Magna Carta agreement is exposed with this reason in the England in the beginning the 13th Century.

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