{"id":283,"date":"2021-05-20T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T13:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libeur2023.com\/?p=283"},"modified":"2023-11-25T14:27:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T14:27:59","slug":"the-beatles-anti-tax-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libeur2023.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/20\/the-beatles-anti-tax-song\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beatles&#8217; anti-tax song"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_post_title title=&#8221;off&#8221; meta=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_font=&#8221;Amiri Quran||||||||&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;43px&#8221; meta_text_color=&#8221;#E02B20&#8243; meta_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_post_title comments=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;35px&#8221; title_line_height=&#8221;1.3em&#8221; meta_text_color=&#8221;#f2a900&#8243; meta_font_size=&#8221;17px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;17px&#8221; text_letter_spacing=&#8221;1px&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p><span>\u2018Taxman\u2019 is a song that was released in 1966 by well-known English rock band the Beatles. 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In April 1966, a report from the London accountancy firm Bryce, Hammer, Isherwood &amp; Co. advised them that despite the group\u2019s immense success, \u2018Two of you are close to being bankrupt, and the other two could soon be.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The reason for that lied in the supertax introduced by Harold Wilson\u2019s Labour government in the mid-60s. As their earnings placed them in the top tax bracket in the UK, the Beatles were liable to a 95% rate of income tax. This was the highest level of progressive tax ever imposed in the UK and it was used primarily to fund the manufacture of military weapons for the Vietnam war.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_testimonial _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;17px&#8221; body_letter_spacing=&#8221;1px&#8221; body_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; quote_icon_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Should five percent appear too small<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Be thankful I don\u2019t take it all<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2018Cause I\u2019m the taxman<\/p>[\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<p>In his 1980\u2019s autobiography,<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>I, Me, Mine,<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Harrison says: \u2018\u2018Taxman\u2019 was when I first realised that even though we had started earning money, we were actually giving most of it away in taxes; it was and still is typical.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The lyrics of the song denounce the greed for money of politicians like Harold Wilson or Ted Heath, who are pictured as nothing else than a bunch of thieves.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_testimonial _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; body_font_size=&#8221;17px&#8221; body_letter_spacing=&#8221;1px&#8221; body_text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; quote_icon_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you drive a car, car, I\u2019ll tax the street<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you try to sit, sit, I\u2019ll tax you seat\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2018Don\u2019t ask me what I want it for<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Haha, Mr.Wilson)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you don\u2019t want to pay some more<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(Haha, Mr. Heath)<\/p>[\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.23.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;17px&#8221; text_letter_spacing=&#8221;1px&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p><span>The song was a hit and has continued to be pointed out by pro-freedom individuals, even decades after its original release as its message is still relevant and valid nowadays in a world where government greed for taxes persists.<\/span><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Taxman\u2019 is a song that was released in 1966 by well-known English rock band the Beatles. 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