THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2024
DEATH AND TAXES!
TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2024
This is an historic date in American
history and Pennsylvania played a big roll
in the story. I think it's safe to say nobody
like taxes. In fact it was a British tax on tea
that, in a sense, began the Americal revolution!
Of course we won that war and set up our own
government...which then needed to pay for the
war! It diod so by instituting the first tax
leved by the United States government. It was
a tax on whiskey! Farmers in western Pennsylvania
had been distilling their own spirits for years and
fought against the tax. The conflict became known
as the Whiskey Rebellion! It lasted three years
during which time 3 or 4 Pennsylvaania rebels
were killed and 170 were captured. The government
won and we're still paying taxes on whiskey...and
just about everything else! Cheers! Hope all your
NEWS is good!
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