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Examples
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His poll-tax for about three or five years and if he is found to be spy his case is firing squad.
Uganda: A Story for People Who Find Movies Too Fast Chris Okum 2011
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The interest of the capitalist class, say, in the matter of income tax, is quite contrary to the interest of the laboring class; and, VICE VERSA, in the matter of poll-tax.
THE CLASS STRUGGLE 2010
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Margaret Thatcher once told me what she learned from the poll-tax protests that prompted her downfall.
Can Washington Meet the Demand to Cut Spending? Peggy Noonan 2010
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From her prosecution of poll-tax defaulters to his memoir, riches have been high on the Blair agenda
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I'd say a $500 poll-tax charge should help to start to pay back the debt they caused to our national treasury.
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Margaret Thatcher once told me what she learned from the poll-tax protests that prompted her downfall.
Can Washington Meet the Demand to Cut Spending? Peggy Noonan 2010
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It reminds me of that bogus GOP pro poll-tax "voter fraud" group that loudly spread its disinformation and then disappeared overnight.
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The bill is tantamount to a modern day "poll-tax," that forces many eligible voters to pay for a government-issued photo ID.
Matthew Segal: Actual Evidence of Voter Fraud is Minimal 2008
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The bill is tantamount to a modern day "poll-tax," that forces many eligible voters to pay for a government-issued photo ID.
Matthew Segal: "We Card Hard": Voter ID Laws Surface in States 2008
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She got a political death certificate after the poll-tax riots last spring, then surged in popularity in the slipstream of the "gulf factor" two months ago.
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