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An old proverb says that only two things are really INEVITABLE - death and TAXES. But when did taxes actually begin?
In the ancient world, taxation was not very high. One reason for that was because people did not have very much money which they could give to the state. Also the state did not have enough resources to decide fairly who should pay what taxes. In those days people did not believe that the state had an automatic right to take some of their money and whenever somebody who tried to tax them was resisted. However, there were also disadvantages.
Instead of taxing its own people, the state taxed people from outside, such as MERCHANTS. The result was bad for the TRADE, since in some places merchants had to pay DOZENS of taxes before they arrived at a market where they could sell their GOODS. That’s why the prices were significantly increased

1) Inevitable – неминучий, 2 незмінний, постійний
2) Taxes – податки
3) Resource –можливість, засіб, спосіб 2) запаси, ресурси, засоби; духовні ресурси
4) Merchant – купець
5) Trade – торгівля
6) Dozen – дюжина
7) Goods – товар


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