Summary
In Athens, wealth was judged on property, and one such tax was the annual leitourgia ('liturgy'), when the 300 richest men underwrote specific public projects, e. g. state dramatic festivals (when tragedies and comedies were staged in open competition with each other) and the running costs of the navy.
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Ancient & Modern
In the current financial predicament, everyone seems much keener to cut government spending than raise taxes.
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