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Part of the fallout in the switch from a feudal, agrarian economy to the modern (and currently extremely troubled one) was a fundamental change in the tax structure. Gone are the days of paying a local lord tribute for farming his lands in exchange for military might and the possible great honor of bearing his unwanted offspring through the rite of Prima Nocta (thanks Braveheart!). Enter the Industrial Revolution with electricity, mechanized production, trains, and other awesome stuff. The transition was a little creaky at first—disease, starvation, no sanitation, orphanariums…so taxes. Taxes to pay for sanitation, roads, schools, better orphanariums, telephone lines, internet connections, football stadiums, clean food and medicine. All things Philadelphia likes, and all things she’s currently having a little trouble paying for—in part because some people don’t want to pay their local taxes.

How embarrassing must to get called out by the mayor for being delinquent on your taxes!