The Contemporary Age: Human rights. Spain and the 1978 Constitution

Later, the Revolution broke out in France (1789), motivated, in part, by the resistance of two social classes (clergy and nobility) to pay the same taxes as the common people. The French Revolution brought with it the approval of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, opening a new path for humanity and the historical period known as the Contemporary Age. At the same time, the independence of the United States (18th century) took place, which was then a colony of England, and one of the causes of the rebellion was the heavy taxes that England charged the Americans.

In Spain, as in other democratic countries, we have a Constitution approved by the people (1978), who freely elect their representatives to govern the State, the Autonomous Communities, and the towns and cities. These representatives, elected by us, are the ones who approve the laws in Parliament, including those establishing taxes and other levies, as well as the Budgets, which define the public expenditures to be incurred and the revenue needed to pay them.