Let Them Eat Cake.
There’s been plenty of abusive taxation by monarchs. That’s just one shining example. And of course you’re changing the discussion, I just said there’s a long history of monarchs taxing to enlarge their coffers, you added the percentage and direction and horrid spelling of peaceful.
“Let them eat cake” was a stupid response (not from a king) to a minister who said that the peasants were out of bread. It had nothing to do with taxes. And yes, Louis XIV was not a very good king indeed.
Sorry about the spelling.