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To: muawiyah
BTW, George Washington, the guy who won the Revolution and was selected as the first President ~ he thought it perfectly acceptable to "regulate the manufacture of whiskey" with a tax, which he enforced with the military.

How much of such "regulation" was for purposes of actually raising revenue, and how much was for social engineering or other causes?

244 posted on 08/15/2008 4:05:02 PM PDT by supercat
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To: supercat

I know! I KNOW!!! 100% and ZERO percent respectively!


247 posted on 08/15/2008 4:32:17 PM PDT by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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