From July 20th AP by Jay Reeves.
And, you thought all those old guys were dead. They are and have been for a long time, but if you're living in Alabama, you're still paying for them, sort of. The last of Alabama's some 60,000 Confederate veterans died generations ago, yet citizens are still paying a property tax to support the neediest of those long-ago soldiers.
And, this in a state controlled by Republicans who stand in total opposition to taxation.
The tax once funded the Alabama Confederate Soldiers Home which closed 72 years ago. The tax (well part of it anyway) now goes for the upkeep of Confederate memorial Park, located on the grounds of the Home.
The tax also once brought in millions of dollars for Confederate pensions. These days, lawmakers slice it up and send the monies elsewhere, which they have been doing ever since these men and their wives started dying off.
You have to wonder when those who hate the South's heritage are going to jump on this situation.
More to Come. --Old B-Runner
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