(April 28, 2011 at 2:11 pm)Ace Otana Wrote: Back then (empire days), the poverty level and tax levels were fucking awful. I probably would of ran over to the states myself. Of course things are quite different today, and I'm happy with the way the country is now. It's free, it's fair and I'm very happy here. We have our crummy leaders like you do, but all in all, I'm quite happy to call myself a Brit.
Ironic that the "Boston Tea Party" was to protest a tax that was levied to help pay for the cost of the French and Indian War, which directly benefited the colonials.