normally a african american would get a harsher punishment because people are racist now :c
Answer:
In Athens only adult males with military training could vote and they voted for everything unlike in us citizens age 18 and above can vote and in US the people elect representivites to represents them.
Explanation:
<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>