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> [I think there should be a literacy test and a poll tax for people to vote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-coulter/i-think-there-should-be-a-literacy-test-and-a-poll-tax-for-people-to/)

[Ann Coulter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-coulter/)

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> [I fail to understand how you can justify a poll tax on the entire population, yet exclude a significant proportion of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-dimbleby/i-fail-to-understand-how-you-can-justify-a-poll-tax-on-the-entire/)

[Jonathan Dimbleby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-dimbleby/)

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> [Margaret Thatcher's decision to use Scotland as a testing ground for the poll tax was arguably the most disastrous attempt at fiscal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-colley/margaret-thatcher-s-decision-to-use-scotland-as-a-testing-ground-for/)

[Linda Colley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-colley/)

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> [ \[The poll tax\] was a classic case of a good idea being entrusted to Chris Patten and becoming a terrible failure. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-tebbit/the-poll-tax-was-a-classic-case-of-a-good-idea-being-entrusted-to/)

[Norman Tebbit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-tebbit/)

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> [The greatest threat to public confidence in elections in this case is the prospect of enforcing a purposefully discriminatory law, one that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-bader-ginsburg/the-greatest-threat-to-public-confidence-in-elections-in-this-case-is/)

[Ruth Bader Ginsburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-bader-ginsburg/)

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> [My early years as a political activist were dominated by the poll tax.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicola-sturgeon/my-early-years-as-a-political-activist-were-dominated-by-the-poll-tax/)

[Nicola Sturgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicola-sturgeon/)

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