Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to politics @lemmy.world · 10 days agoTrump admin justifies increasing prices: “Cheap goods” aren’t part of the “American dream”www.lgbtqnation.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1285arrow-down14
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minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·10 days agoAnd to think, the Boston Tea Party was over the modern equivalent of a $1.40 per pound tax on tea.
minus-squarekibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 days agoOnly payable in British currency, not colonial paper money.
minus-squarecubism_pitta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-210 days agoCost of tea had very little to do with the Boston Tea Party. After taxes on the tea were applied it was still the cheapest tea had ever been in the colonies
And to think, the Boston Tea Party was over the modern equivalent of a $1.40 per pound tax on tea.
Only payable in British currency, not colonial paper money.
Cost of tea had very little to do with the Boston Tea Party.
After taxes on the tea were applied it was still the cheapest tea had ever been in the colonies