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November 27, 2007
Methods of Control
There was a stick but there was carrot too. Among the ways in which the Communist authorities in Poland tried to keep writers and creative types in line was by introducing in 1978 a tax free allowance of 144,000 zł per annum for them. This at a time when the average monthly wage was 4 to 6 thousand.
Of course, one feels honour bound to mention that our own Charles Haughey exempted Irish creative artists from income tax in 1969.
Posted by hgrodsk at November 27, 2007 04:43 PM