Increased Taxes in Pennsylvania Ignite Another Whiskey RebellionBy CLARE ANSBERRY
August 15, 2008; Page A11
PITTSBURGH -- More than 200 years ago, a group of angry farmers in this southwest corner of Pennsylvania tarred and feathered whiskey-tax collectors and torched their homes. That was the first Whiskey Rebellion.
Today, another rebellion, sans violence, is brewing for much the same reason. Thanks, or no thanks, to six separate state and local taxes and fees, a $10 bottle of wine here can cost nearly twice that.
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