Alabama still collecting taxes to support Confederate pensioners
No, there are no Confederate veterans still alive. But the state of Alabama has never done away with the property tax instituted to support them. The money now goes to support a Confederate memorial park. Time for some of it to go to memorialize the victims of the Birmingham church bombings?
No, there are no Confederate veterans still alive. But the state of Alabama has never done away with the property tax instituted to support them. The money now goes to support a Confederate memorial park. Time for some of it to go to memorialize the victims of the Birmingham church bombings?
No, there are no Confederate veterans still alive. But the state of Alabama has never done away with the property tax instituted to support them. The money now goes to support a Confederate memorial park. Time for some of it to go to memorialize the victims of the Birmingham church bombings?
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