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Mar 3, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Hortensia, Roman orator, 42 BCE, denouncing the new women-only taxes of oppressive authoritarians: "Why should we pay taxes when we have no part in the honors, the commands, the state-craft for which you contend against each other with such harmful results? #VoteWarren 1/52/5 "Because this is a time of war, you claim? When have there not been wars, & when have taxes ever been imposed on women, exempted by their sex among all humanity? Our mothers once made contributions when you were in danger of losing the whole empire to Carthage. #VoteWarren
