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Monday, March 28, 2005

 
Johnstown had another flood??? and that's a pretty steep tax for an old flood. after that disaster, it was the russian famine. but the disaster i just started i had never read about. and i wonder if anybody knows about it. how come it wasn't more known. we all know about lilly white galvaston hurricane.
oh, what the hell i am talking about. on 8/28/1893, a hurricane and tidal wave(storm surge?) swept over the coast of south carolina, covering the entire port royal islands. at first, 35,000, mainly black residents, were assumed to have perished. but only 4 to 5000 drowned.
now i am quite sure i never heard of THIS hurricane.

oh, and she met some black civil war vets there. how cool.

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don't think I ever asked about the '36 flood. was always pissed about the high cost of liquor in that state.

it does illustrate the fallacy of any kind of "temporary" tax.

here,in NC, there has been an argument over semantics concerning a sales tax increase. if it is scheduled to die at a specific date (the original increase law), but the legislature then extends the termination date, is the extension really an increase?

dale
 
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