Posted on 03/26/2009 1:10:42 PM PDT by steve-b
...The dismissiveness toward the question of ending Prohibition as both a good in itself and a form of tax revenue is, however, depressing. His answer was a non-answer. I'm tired of having the Prohibition issue treated as if it's trivial or a joke. It is neither. It is about freedom and it's deadly serious....
(Excerpt) Read more at andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com ...
“And in this case, the public — the overwhelmingly majority of whom don’t touch the stuff — will not only support it, they’ll demand it.”
Retailers will demand it too. You’ll see the WOD expand into an RIAA-like hunt and run by BATFEW.
Good points, and as a lawyer you probably have a better feel on what is here than I do, although I keep up on most issues.
I’ll have to dig a little deeper on this one, although as I said before, I would think twice about using Govt. stats as they definitely have an agenda... mainly in keeping the “WOD” cash flow moving.
Thanks for the info.
AOV
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