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Not to mention that federal taxes to run the federal government during this period were largely dependent on alcohol sales. Prohibition only got passed when an
by godzillabrennus 10y ago
Not to mention that federal taxes to run the federal government during this period were largely dependent on alcohol sales. Prohibition only got passed when an income tax passed. Suddenly the interests of the federal government was in line with workers.
- tosseraccount 10y agotariffs were the largest source of federal revenue from the 1790s to the eve of World War I, until it was surpassed by income taxes. source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_history_of_the_United_States#Income_for_federal_government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxation_history_of_the_United...