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Whiskey tax of 1791.
In: Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2023, S. 1
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In the wake of the Revolutionary War, the United States needed to pay its war-related debts. Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton proposed a tax on distilled spirits as a way simultaneously to raise money to repay debts and to impose moral discipline on the American people. Hamilton thought the consumption of whiskey represented a threat to the country’s virtue. The law levied a tax of 7 cents per gallon on spirits produced in the United States (mostly whiskey) and 10 cents per gallon on products distilled from foreign materials (mostly rum). The tax was 28 percent of the 25-cent selling price for a gallon of whiskey.
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Whiskey tax of 1791.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Flesher, Dale L. |
Zeitschrift: | Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2023, S. 1 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2023 |
Medientyp: | Nachschlagewerk |
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