Over 200 years later you still have people making untaxed whiskey,
so the rebellion continues.--- In
[email protected], "goldrecordings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "hrearden_hr" <HRearden@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > In 1791 Americans experienced taxation with representation in the
form
> > of a tax on distilled liquors. The tax was ill received by many
> > Americans in western PA and in particular farmers who lived there
who
> > were just about everyone who lived there. In 1794 the federal
> > government used military force to enforce the tax on the farmers
of
> > western PA. This situation has come to be known as the Whiskey
> > Rebellion. This was an example of an unpopular tax that was
imposed by
> > elected members of congress who were supposedly representatives
of the
> > PEOPLE. Thus it was taxation with representation.
> >
> > $
> >
>
>
> The Whiskey rebellion was much more widespread than just Western PA.
> I'm reading a (yet unpublished) book by a fiend of mine about it.
>
> -paul
> http://lastfreevoice.com
> http://kubby2008.com/
>
