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You can tell Monopoly is an old game... (Original Post) cleanhippie Mar 2012 OP
That's great! Brigid Mar 2012 #1
An even better way... sikorsky Mar 2012 #2
Nice! sarcasmo Mar 2012 #3
But they still have ThoughtCriminal Mar 2012 #4
And note the income tax.... Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #5
I think the max is $200, BUT when you consider that $200 is also the "pay" you get SoCalDem Mar 2012 #9
100% tax for us dumbasses Curmudgeoness Mar 2012 #16
Rich people can still go to jail today, tclambert Mar 2012 #6
Hahaha, that's awesome. joshcryer Mar 2012 #7
"Community Chest" sounds like socialism to me.. IDemo Mar 2012 #8
The history of it is interesting. zeemike Mar 2012 #10
K & R !!! WillyT Mar 2012 #11
Spot On!!!!! evilhime Mar 2012 #12
egggzactly. mopinko Mar 2012 #13
There's also free parking nightscanner59 Mar 2012 #14
AND... anyone can get out of jail! MrMickeysMom Mar 2012 #15
Ha ha ha ha... epic win! Initech Mar 2012 #17
.. mdmc Mar 2012 #18

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
5. And note the income tax....
Sat Mar 17, 2012, 08:42 PM
Mar 2012

It is 10% or $200.....although I don't remember if the $200 is the minimum or maximum, but that really doesn't matter. If it is the minimum, the poor are really getting screwed. If it is the maximum, the poor are really getting screwed.

SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)
9. I think the max is $200, BUT when you consider that $200 is also the "pay" you get
Sun Mar 18, 2012, 06:13 AM
Mar 2012

for "Passing GO", it's kind of a 100% tax ....in a way

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
16. 100% tax for us dumbasses
Sun Mar 18, 2012, 07:37 PM
Mar 2012

who don't own all the property and hotels and only live on wages.....now those people, they aren't paying enough tax!!!

Where have I heard that before??? The more things change, the more they stay the same.

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
10. The history of it is interesting.
Sun Mar 18, 2012, 10:23 AM
Mar 2012

looked it up in Wikipedia.

History

Further information: History of the board game Monopoly

The history of Monopoly can be traced back to 1904,[2] when an American woman named Elizabeth (Lizzie) J. Magie Phillips created a game through which she hoped to be able to explain the single tax theory of Henry George (it was intended to illustrate the negative aspects of concentrating land in private monopolies). Her game, The Landlord's Game, was commercially published in 1924.[3]

In 1941, the British Secret Service had John Waddington Ltd., the licensed manufacturer of the game outside the U.S., create a special edition for World War II prisoners of war held by the Nazis.[4] Hidden inside these games were maps, compasses, real money, and other objects useful for escaping. They were distributed to prisoners by secret service-created fake charity groups.[5]

Because of the lengthy court process and appeals, the legal status of Parker Brothers' trademarks on the game was not settled until the late 1970s. Ralph Anspach won a lawsuit over his game Anti-Monopoly on appeals in 1979, as the 9th District Court determined that the trademark Monopoly was generic, and therefore unenforceable.[6]

nightscanner59

(802 posts)
14. There's also free parking
Sun Mar 18, 2012, 06:23 PM
Mar 2012

Timely observance, however, since the tax free repug's nearly drove us into the greatest depression ever. The game, according to hasbro.com, was invented in 1934 by an unemployed american

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