On This Day
This was good day for people, according to the BBC widget on my sidebar:
In 1689 the British “Bill of Rights” established the primacy of the Parliament over the Monarchy. This was the template for the first ten amendments of the US Constitution, and they are also referred as “the Bill of Rights”.
In 1773 the Boston Tea Party took place. As I have already noted, the action was an expression of the dislike of the colonists for corporate tax breaks, and corporations themselves. Unlike our current leaders, the Founding Fathers disliked and distrusted corporations. The East India Company had much in common with WalMart, as many of its products were the result of the labors of poorly paid labor in Asia, and the Company tended to drive local businesses under with its lower prices because of its monopolies in certain areas and its favored tax status.
