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Sat 11 Nov 2008Where Joe the Plumber is an inspiration
AMERICA:IN THE late 1700s, George Washington, struggling to pay for the costs of the American Revolution, sought to impose taxes on whiskey on farmers in Pennsylvania and was forced to don his military uniform for the first time since the British were ejected to quell the disturbance.
Today, the people of the 18th congressional district of the western part of the state, which lies outside Pittsburgh and is represented by Republican congressman Tim Murphy, have not changed their thoughts much about taxation.
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