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Re:Dissection of COVIDSafe (Android): Australian government'... by wavegeek on Sunday April 26, 2020 @07:42PM (#22991352)
Income tax was introduced as a "temporary measure" to pay for WWII.

Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.

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Re:Dissection of COVIDSafe (Android): Australian government'... by godelski on Monday April 27, 2020 @02:19AM (#22993349)
I assume you mean WWI? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax#Timeline_of_introdu...

If we're talking Australia. If the US, well... Civil War.

But to the sentiment of the comment, I completely agree. That is explicitly why we need the "burn the system down" type of people that I mentioned. they bring to light these kinds of topics and considerations.

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