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3–4 killed 170 captured [ 2 ] 2 civilian casualties. The Whiskey Rebellion (also known as the Whiskey Insurrection) was a violent tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the presidency of George Washington. The so-called "whiskey tax" was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed ...
A sugary drink tax, soda tax, or sweetened beverage tax (SBT) [1][2][3] is a tax or surcharge (food-related fiscal policy) designed to reduce consumption of sweetened beverages by making them more expensive to purchase. Drinks covered under a soda tax often include carbonated soft drinks, sports drinks and energy drinks. [4]
Missouri’s current minimum wage is $12.30 an hour; the federal minimum wage, which would apply if the state’s minimum wage was ever repealed, is $7.25 an hour.
The Free Love movement of the Victorian-era United States was a group that made sustained attempts to repeal Comstock-style laws and discredit anything related to the anti-vice movement. This open distaste made free-love movement participants a major target of Anthony Comstock during his personal campaign against perceived obscenity. [ 154 ]
Atlantic City briefly implemented a smoking ban in 2008, but quickly repealed it after the casinos experienced a drop in revenue of nearly 20% in two weeks, according to Seth Ptasiewicz, an ...
23 November 1795. An act for granting an aid to his Majesty by a land tax, to be raised in Great Britain, for the service of the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1871) Exportation and Importation Act 1795 (repealed) 36 Geo. 3.
v. t. e. Proposition 13 (officially named the People's Initiative to Limit Property Taxation) is an amendment of the Constitution of California enacted during 1978, by means of the initiative process, to cap property taxes and limit property reassessments to when the property changes ownership, and to require a 2/3 majority for tax increases in ...
That Business Privilege Tax rate increased from 4% to 5% effective June 1, 2018. It was originally expected to be changed back to 4% on October 1, 2018, when Guam anticipated enacting a 2% sales and use tax. That bill was repealed, and the expiration of the reduced Business Privilege Tax rate was repealed, leaving the 5% rate in effect.