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| The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon Lyrics
| 10 years ago
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@[gregorybrian:3701] When the Kinks wrote this, the people in their income range in England were paying out 95% of the money they made in taxes. That's why So many left England and established residency elsewhere -- Sean Connery moved to Spain, John Lennon and Ringo Starr to the US... The tax law was finally re-examined and altered but the taxes are still pretty high there for those generating a lot of income. |
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| The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon Lyrics
| 10 years ago
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@[BoHo:3699] The Beatles DID write a song about the terribly high taxes in England in the 70s - it's called Taxman. 'Should five percent appear too small, be thankful i don't take it all - cause i'm the taxman. |
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