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by thaumasiotes 3820 days ago
> The state did not take me up on the offer to sell it to them for $3K, which is the way I think it ought to work.

Supposedly Athenian taxes were assessed this way. The government handed out a list of tax obligations, and if you thought your tax requirement was heavier than somebody else's who was richer than you, you could challenge them. A challenge meant they could choose either to swap tax obligations with you, or, if they didn't believe you were poorer, to swap all their assets for yours.