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# Why You Shouldn't Vote for a New Tax, Episode 1,243,901
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/1673/
- Published: 2005-07-13T23:42:27.000Z
- Updated: 2005-07-13T23:42:27.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Economics, #wpChunk

> In March 1936, three days of rain and runoff from melting snow led to the second of three great floods that has hit Johnstown, Pa.

> Two dozen people died and the state immediately set out to help the city recover.

> That recovery plan involved a 10 percent temporary tax that was placed on the sale of all alcohol in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It was only supposed to last a few years. Nearly 70 years later, that tax is still in place and now stands at 18 percent.

> Last year, the tax generated a little more than $200 million in revenue, but it's not going any specific place. The money is put into the state's general fund and lawmakers use the money where they see fit.

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