Is there a grammatical reason for people saying "I pay my taxes" instead "I pay the taxes"?

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[–] 6 points 2 months ago*

The origin of taxes is back in roman society, and the rich would pay all the taxes as a flex, a sign of strength and goodwill. It was a competition between them to be the most influential. Then taxes got shifted to society as a whole,and now they are being shifted to the poor only.

Crazy how it went from only the elites paying taxes, to now just the poors.

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