It was not considered fair, because people are not equal and therefore can't all afford to pay the same flat rate. In the British scale of values, fairness counts above pragmatism. Feudalism, the Dark Ages and terror lie this way. If the electorate has to bribe to survive, then political power becomes an oppressive force, rather than a public service and privilege, where decisions are based on individual whim and not public benefit, fairness and reason. A system where all are equal, but some are more equal than others.
Democracy becomes dictatorship.
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