So... We finally paid for WW 1... Before World War 1 personal income taxes didn’t exist in most countries.
Taxes were levied on land owners, businesses and through import and export taxes... I.e. Tariffs. Then some politician and several rich people decided that instead of the rich paying for the war... The people should pay for it. And we’ve been paying personal income taxes ever since.
Then some politician and several rich people decided that instead of the rich paying for the war... The people should pay for it. And we’ve been paying personal income taxes ever since.
The same could be said for payments in blood, for the most part. There’s few of the political or rich caste that are in the military and have to make any sort of personal sacrifice. It’s usually ‘the poors’.