The Window Tax

Filed by Max the Cryptid Reporter

When England first instituted a window tax in 1696, it was intended a progressive tax to weigh heavier on the wealthy instead of the poor. The official website of Parliament says that houses that had over ten windows were taxed.But, as the Adam Smith Institute explains, "taxes change behavior." Landloards bricked up windows in order to avoid paying the tax.These were often rental tenements, so the landlords were not particularly concerned about how this impacted the health of the residents. The