Beard tax (history)

Super_delicious · 2013-09-27T15:48:49+00:00

They also taxed the hell out of soap.

ilovenotohio · 2013-09-27T21:44:15+00:00

Strange shit. My beard is majestic as fuck. If they implemented a beard tax, I'd either 1) flee the country or 2) become Libertarian long enough to get it repealed.

HURGGGH Sorry. I almost threw up from that last sentence.

burntoast101 · 2013-09-27T22:52:22+00:00

I'm not gonna lie I think this is pretty hilarious. Can't speak to the British law, but the Russian one was done because beards were really out of fashion in the rest of Europe. Russia was trying to play catch up culturally with the rest of Europe and this was one of the measures instituted to do so. I get why this was posted here, but it wasn't intended as a tax on men as much as a way to get rid of their unfashionable beards.

Title	Beard tax (history)
Author	C0CKPUNCHER
Upvotes	10
Comments	4
Date	September 27, 2013 3:02 PM UTC (12 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/1n92a5/beard_tax_history/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/MensRights/beard-tax-history.1162746 https://theredarchive.com/post/1162746

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