tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087746.post5582435524123680539..comments2023-10-28T04:55:01.268-07:00Comments on Lawrance G. Lux: CorveeLawrance George Luxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02943652674137247279noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9087746.post-54940273170415221162010-09-08T12:40:41.804-07:002010-09-08T12:40:41.804-07:00Hope all goes well with you in hospital!
What thi...Hope all goes well with you in hospital!<br /><br />What this really amounts to is an additional fixed head-tax, with the option to pay the tax in kind, with a fixed amount of your own labour. (Rather than find your own substitute, the government takes your money, and hires its own substitute, or spends the money on whatever else it wants.)<br /><br />Some economist wrote a paper on this, about the draft for the Confederate army, IIRC, where you could pay a substitute to fight in your place. It was titled "Soldiers of Fortune", I think.Nick Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04982579343160429422noreply@blogger.com