<span>(1) No two people agree on just what would be "fair".
(2) Even if there were agreement, the people with political clout have no reason to want a "fair" system; they want a system that benefits them. There is a reason the Republicans have been pushing through tax cuts for the rich.
(3) The tax "system" includes all the taxes: local, state, and federal. If you want the entire system to be fair, it has to be changed as a whole, not piece by piece. And that would make it hard to start and hard to maintain (any change in tax rates would also have to be coordinated) </span>
The Jewish people, since they appear in the history seem to have lot of problems with the other people that lived around them, often being persecuted or enslaved.
Initially they have been enslaved by the Egyptians and were not in nice relations with them, saving themselves by the scratch, but ending up in a desert. After they settled in what is now Israel, they have been conquered by the Assyrians, and since they were rebellious, the Assyrians systemically misplaced them out of their homeland. After that came the Romans, and it was similar, as part of them was again moved forcefully in other places of the empire. The Muslim Caliphates showed no mercy toward them, and they were terrorized and forced to move away. Then they had troubles in Europe as well, especially with the Spanish inquisition where they were burned alive publicly or killed without any mercy.
<span>Roger Williams was banished from Plymouth after being convicted of sedition and heresy. He had been a Puritan. Puritans were called "Separatists."
</span><span>Rhode Island was started as a place for religious freedom and for religious dissenters. Roger Williams did not believe that the Plymouth church was sufficiently separated from the Church of England; so you could say that he became is dissenter, but he actually was banished for his beliefs. Anne Hutchinson was also tried, excommunicated and banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for her beliefs. She also came to Rhode Island. </span>
