To: Willie Green
Probably did not have to deal with todays bureacrats either. After todays taxes on 11,000 gallons of whiskey his $7,500.00 profit would not exist.
4 posted on
10/21/2003 3:34:51 PM PDT by
sandydipper
(Never quit - never surrender!)
To: sandydipper
Probably did not have to deal with todays bureacrats either. After todays taxes on 11,000 gallons of whiskey his $7,500.00 profit would not exist. Ha, not true! In 1794, George Washington sent 13,000 man army to suppress Whiskey Rebellion which came about over burdensome tax on whiskey.
5 posted on
10/21/2003 3:41:50 PM PDT by
Alter Kaker
(Whatever tears one may shed, in the end one always blows one’s nose.-Heine)
To: sandydipper
Probably did not have to deal with todays bureacrats either. After todays taxes on 11,000 gallons of whiskey his $7,500.00 profit would not exist.Uhhhhmmm.... Actually, Washington and Hamilton WERE the bureaucrats.
It was Hamilton's imposition of an excise tax on whiskey that led to the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 (which Washington used the military to suppress.) It helped put the smaller distillers out of business and reduced competition.
(One more reason why I admire Jefferson far more than Hamilton)
7 posted on
10/21/2003 3:49:11 PM PDT by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!)
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