In a shocking display of bureaucratic red tape, a taxpayer was left high and dry at the Nebraska State Capitol on December 21, 1923, as Governor Charles W. Bryan was out of town in Chicago. Henry Q. Taxpayer, determined to get answers about federal aid funds, was met with a wall of silence from the absent governor’s deputies. The capitol was filled with officials, but no one seemed to know the simple answer to Taxpayer’s question: how much federal aid was coming in from the United States Treasury?
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Key Facts
- State: Nebraska
- Category: Public Corruption
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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