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Pennsylvania lawmaker pushes to repeal century-old liquor tax from Johnstown flood

You might not know it, but every time you buy a bottle of liquor in Pennsylvania, you’re paying an 18% tax that originated because of the 1936 Johnstown flood.
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Johnstown’s 1936 flood killed 25, brought federal response

JOHNSTOWN — Unbeknownst to anyone at the time, the Tuesday, March 17, 1936, edition of The Johnstown Tribune foreshadowed a historic tragedy in the city. One headline stated: “Heavy rainfall again ...
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Pennsylvanians still paying tax on alcohol sales stemming from the Johnstown flood of 1936

Did you know that Pennsylvanians are still paying a tax on alcohol that was meant to be temporary to help support relief from the Johnstown flood of 1936? Is there such a thing as a temporary tax?
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Explaining the Johnstown Flood Tax that impacts people throughout all of Pennsylvania

Did you know that Pennsylvanians are still paying a tax on alcohol that was meant to be temporary to help support relief from the Johnstown flood of 1936?
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History of the Johnstown flood With full accounts also of the destruction on the Susquehanna and Juniata rivers, and the Bald Eagle Creek By Willis Fletcher Johnson

https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!19479~!0#focus ...