Chapter 3: Chrono-Conundrums
As we journeyed through the timestream, our party encountered a peculiar phenomenon: Time Taxation.
Apparently, the Time Traveler's Union had imposed an arbitrary 30% tax on all chrono-displaced goods and services. This, we soon discovered, was not merely a financial burden, but a bureaucratic headache.
A Brief History of Time Taxes
- 3000 BCE: The first recorded mention of Time Taxation in ancient Mesopotamia.
- 500 CE: The Roman Empire introduces a time-based tax system to fund their extensive network of time-traveling aqueducts.
- 1800 CE: The Industrial Revolution sparks a global Time Taxation reform, with the introduction of standardized chrono-billboards.
Continue to Chapter 4: Temporal Loopholes