Thoreau, who believed this poll tax supported the Mexican-American war and the expansion of slavery into the Southwest, had stopped paying this tax in 1842 but the sheriff, Sam Staples, failed to take action against him for several years.
The major factor in drawing country people off the farms and into the big cities was the<span> development of the skyscraper.</span>
unemployment rate is 3%
the labor force participation rate is 22%
