poll tax
A tax determined as a uniform, fixed amount per individual.
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Hey peeps new poll tax just dropped
while i support 'common sense gun laws' at a certain point, the burden of compliance functions as a poll tax multi-day training courses, registration fees, notaries...what we do in the name of 'safety' only disempowe…
I consider the HOA issuing fines for my giant light-up Joe Camel the same as a poll tax.
Incidentally nobody should tolerate ACT calling it the $6 poll tax when in fact it is a $2,190 poll tax on an annual basis. No more letting politicians exploit the fact that people are bad at doing temporal maths in t…
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A tax determined as a uniform, fixed amount per individual.
“Hey peeps new poll tax just dropped”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(US) A tax that must be paid in order to vote.
“while i support 'common sense gun laws' at a certain point, the burden of compliance functions as a poll tax multi-day training courses, registration fees, notaries...what we do in the name of 'safety' only disempowers the young, poor, and vulnerable”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I consider the HOA issuing fines for my giant light-up Joe Camel the same as a poll tax.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Incidentally nobody should tolerate ACT calling it the $6 poll tax when in fact it is a $2,190 poll tax on an annual basis. No more letting politicians exploit the fact that people are bad at doing temporal maths in their heads”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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