Why did alcohol prohibition end?
Posted in Speakeasy Main by David Borden on Mon, 07/30/2007 - 7:56pm
Did the "tax-it and make money for the government" argument carry the day in the fight to end alcohol prohibition? Donald Boudreaux makes a case in Prohibition Politics, Pittsburgh Tribune Review. (Via Radley Balko, who is not a fan of prohibition or taxes.)
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/30/2007 - 9:59pmAs I understand it,simple possession of alcohol was not illegal,only the manufacture and sale.I read somewhere that the reason for this was that the thinking of the time dictated that it would be ridiculous for the govt to invade a mans castle to sieze alcohol.totally unAmerican
So we shd legalize drugs now
Comment posted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/31/2007 - 1:03amBecause of the massive deficit? They just asked congress to up the debt limit which is close to $10 trillion!
Very interesting article
Comment posted by puregenius on Mon, 07/30/2007 - 8:53pmIt would be great if that would happen with the modern prohibition but tax revenue probably won't get low enough. It's an interesting parallel that Prohibition ended at least in part because of needed tax revenue, and the Harrison Tax Act was a trap. The fact that is was acceptable to regulate tax the majority drug of choice, and not opium and cocaine is very telling.