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I\'ve read that the French government was in need of money but the aristocrats didn\'t want to lend them any money out of fear of not being paid back. So the government invented new taxes and official positions to collect those taxes and made money by selling them. This way aristocrats could be sure they\'d get some of their money back by pocketing a portion of the taxes. The problem was these were often sold alongside exemptions from taxes and the only the rich could afford buy. Leaving most of the tax burden on the backs of the peasantry.
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I\\\'ve read that the French government was in need of money but the aristocrats didn\\\'t want to lend them any money out of fear of not being paid back. So the government invented new taxes and official positions to collect those taxes and made money by selling them. This way aristocrats could be sure they\\\'d get some of their money back by pocketing a portion of the taxes. The problem was these were often sold alongside exemptions from taxes and the only the rich could afford them. Leaving most of the tax burden on the backs of the peasantry.
