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History Legal Files
Prosecution Exhibit 1B
•Spent 100,000 livre a year on clothing
•50,000 livre supported a lavish lifestyle
•500 livre could support a peasant family for a year
•By 1789, 50% of the entire French budget spent on interest of debt
•13% of Budget supported the 15,000 people who served the royal families household staff
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