The stuff you learn,

when you read.... While reading my new Kindle, about the history of Rome, I came across this. Some things never change.

The rich land-owners, on the other hand, increased their wealth by "farming" the public revenues; i.e. the state would let out to them, for a stipulated sum, the privilege of collecting all import and other duties. These, in turn (called in later times Publicans), would extort all they could from the tax-payers, thus enriching themselves unlawfully.

 SO, when this condition was RE-created, they were called RE-Publicans. As in defense contractors and Big Oil. (PS, see Iraq War) You can't make up this stuff...

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