Whisky stills are more American than apple pie! And it’s worth as a unit of bartering goes farther than any precious metal during hard times. Plenty of practical uses.
Little known history of how quickly George Washington and Hamilton instituted taxation without representation and used militias to subdue the people into paying their taxes so that the federal government could operate and pay its debts to the bankers that bankrolled them. I love George Washington, Hamilton not so much, but I do have mixed feelings about some of the things Washington did. This being one of them. The beginning roots of American cronyism are shown in the leniency of big producers and low taxes compared to the higher taxes burdened upon the commoner.
Whisky stills are more American than apple pie! And it’s worth as a unit of bartering goes farther than any precious metal during hard times. Plenty of practical uses.
Little known history of how quickly George Washington and Hamilton instituted taxation without representation and used militias to subdue the people into paying their taxes so that the federal government could operate and pay its debts to the bankers that bankrolled them. I love George Washington, Hamilton not so much, but I do have mixed feelings about some of the things Washington did. This being one of them. The beginning roots of American cronyism are shown in the leniency of big producers and low taxes compared to the higher taxes burdened upon the commoner.
https://group.irishecho.com/2011/02/hibernian-chronicle-the-whiskey-rebellion-2/
https://whiskeybon.com/blog/the-whiskey-rebellion/