In retrospect, one has to wonder if Washington paid his Federal whiskey production taxes or if he should be added to the growing list of do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do politicians, eh?
Alexander Hamilton, the grandaddy of big government, proposed 9% tax for the little guys and 6% tax for the big guys. Washington, being one of the big guys, supported the idea. Thus the culture of Washington today. Except a lot of the Washington insiders don’t pay the taxes that all we little guys have to pay.