Presidential & Congressional Election of the Century - 2012-1

In 1789 under our new government the country found itself with $54 million in debt as the previous form of government under the Articles of Confederation had been unable to levy taxes; it had borrowed money to meet expenses, and the states had amassed an additional $25 million in debt.

The first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, urged the consolidation of state and national debt into a single debt that would be funded by the federal government. Congress approved these measures in June and July of 1790.

 Alexander Hamilton sought to use this debt to create a financial system that would promote American prosperity and national unity; he instituted a luxury tax on Whiskey.  And the whiskey excise act, sometimes known as the "Whiskey Act", became law in March 1791.

What stirred and brewed over the next years today is known as the "Whiskey Rebellion" . The insurrection collapsed as the army of the United States of America marched into western Pennsylvania in October 1794.

Every Vote Matters!

Especially When Politicians Try to Suppress the Vote! 

Voting has Consequences! Not Voting has Consequences!


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