Labour peer Lord Foulkes, who was an MP in Scotland when the levy was introduced, said of the revelations: "Ultimately, Thatcher was toppled as a result of the
Poll Tax and justice was served.
However Chancellor Nigel Lawson, an early opponent of the
poll tax, warned that dropping the transitional arrangements - as eventually happened - would leave them exposed to "unacceptable political risks".
Chancellor Nigel Lawson, an early opponent of the
poll tax, warned her against failing to introduce it slowly, which is what eventually happened.
In the latest ruling, the appeals court said SB 14 wasn't a
poll tax in the first place.
In the last year the council brought in around PS300,000 of unpaid
poll tax.
William Eustis Russell, a Democrat, supported a series of pro-labor laws, doing away with the state's
poll tax at the same time, Webster assessor Marc D.
This is a
poll tax because it is put on people who have to go to work at certain times and cannot change it.
The ID requirement is akin to a 21st-century
poll tax.
The law serves as a
poll tax and shuts down community-based registration drives--effectively disenfranchising potential voters in Latino, Black and Native American communities, according to Nina Perales of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
The Courts have ruled that Georgia's photo ID requirement is tantamount to a
poll tax, which is prohibited under the VRA, because voters have to pay to obtain government-issued photo IDs.
Fifteen years ago, the much-despised
poll tax ( or to give it its correct title, Community Charge ( caused rioting on the streets of Britain in a display of public outrage not seen in this country in living memory.
Consider that Thoreau was quite happy to avoid punishment during the years he refused to pay his
poll tax.
