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mortov | 11 years ago

Yes, it was called the Boston Tea Party.

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mhurron|11 years ago

Yep, taxing tea in the colonies was just too damn far.

hindsightbias|11 years ago

Actually it was an anti-monopolistic protest against a lower tax on East India Corps tea.

Today, we celebrate monopolies or think they can't exist via deregulation.