The Whiskey Tax Is a Regressive Tax by Design

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The whiskey tax was, was intended to do that. It was an extremely regressive tax by design and, you know, few bones were made about it,. But that whole democratic movement that we were talking about before, that whole movement did not disappear during this period. The link really is Herman husband, because he shows up in the whiskey rebellion.

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