Folks love this fact, so here are he details. Where does the term daylight robbery come from? The government of course. In Britain, around 1700, many people opposed income tax because they believed that the disclosure of personal income represented an unacceptable governmental intrusion into private matters. So the window tax was introduced, based on the number of windows in a house (one better than basing it on the size of next door’s garden, I suppose). To avoid the tax some houses from the period can be seen to have bricked-up window-spaces. Literally, daylight robbery!
It was repealed in 1851, a century and a half after first being introduced. France’s was established in 1798 and repealed only in 1926!
It was repealed in 1851, a century and a half after first being introduced. France’s was established in 1798 and repealed only in 1926!
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