Taxation dates back to Mesopotamia
Mesopotamian tax reforms Some of the earliest written documentation of taxes comes from a text on legal reforms written by the ancient King Urukagina, a ruler of the Mesopotamian city-state Lagash from about 2380 BC to 2360 BC. “One of the taxes that he thinks people complain about the most are the funeral parlor taxes — I guess some things don't ever really change," Sharlach says. "People would gouge people trying to bury people and he's trying to change those practices as well as some others.” In addition to taxation, Urukagina also took steps to abolish polyandry — the practice of women taking more than one husband
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Did Obama Cause Spousal Abuse?
So I finally figured out what makes Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid so intriguing.
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Michaels doctor gets off to easy
Involuntary manslaughter is what he has been charged with, now that is outrageous, kill a star in his home and all he gets is the equivalent to a slap on the wrist.
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