Thursday, August 8, 2013

How many devastating floods has Johnstown had? And how many $$$ Crises' will the Phila School District have in the future?

The Johnstown Flood (or Great Flood of 1889 as it became known locally) occurred on May 31 (MY BIRTHDAY!), 1889. It was the result of the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam


  • What is the Johnstown Flood Tax?    The Johnstown Flood Tax is an 18% tax on all wine and liquor sales in the sate of Pennsylvania. It is a "hidden" tax that is not printed on any receipt of purchase.
    How did it come about?
As a result of the "damage from the 1936 (?) Johnstown, PA flood", the Pennsylvania General Assembly imposed an emergency tax on all alcohol sold in the Commonwealth. The "temporary" 10% tax was initially intended to help pay for clean up, recovery, and assistance to flood victims. Though the recovery was assisted by the federal government and completed within six years of the disaster, the tax was never repealed. The tax was raised to 15% in 1963 and to 18% in 1968, where it stands today .
  • I was reading about the Phila School District needing a pledge of $50 million by next Friday or they wouldn't be able to open the schools in Sept. Mayor Nutter agrees & is pleading with the Gov to allow the "temporary" 1% hike in the City's Sales Tax, which is 7%,  to continue. That "Temporary Tax" was to expire next June. 
    Superintendent threat: $50 million or no school
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3 comments:

Check it out... said...

Of further note is that the damn dam was built in the first place, so that all the rich people from Pennsylvania and New York, who summered in that area, in their lakeside homes, could enjoy their boating and swimming etc...the lake was originally too shallow, so they had it damned up so they could enjoy their comforts...people like,railroad industrialists, steel magnates etc,mogul types...they ignored the condition/deterioration of the damn and it finally collapsed, although they had been warned in advance! Damn them bigwigs!

8/08/2013
1st time here said...

I did not know that. So...even back in the 1880's or the 1936's, it was the Evil Robber Baron's of Industry wreaking Havoc over the common man? Infrastructure Funding was a problem even back in the day...right?

8/08/2013
Power 2 da people right on! said...

Exactly right..your assessment is both accurate and timely..as we see the same shit happening today with the Republicans in congress holding up important legislation that would help the "common man", in favor of their "special interests", blah,blah..it's extortion, I tell ya...just like 1880's...right on Pea!

8/09/2013

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