L4sBot@lemmy.worldB to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that the line "There's one for you, nineteen for me" in the Beatles song "Taxman" was not an exaggeration - at the time, the highest UK tax rate was 95%.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the line "There's one for you, nineteen for me" in the Beatles song "Taxman" was not an exaggeration - at the time, the highest UK tax rate was 95%.en.wikipedia.orgL4sBot@lemmy.worldB to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareDizzyMotion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI’m clearly ignorant of history. Why was it so high in the 60s?
minus-squareSYLOH@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoTaxes went up around 1940, and just didn’t go down.
I’m clearly ignorant of history. Why was it so high in the 60s?
Taxes went up around 1940, and just didn’t go down.