Ok, fair enough. Not all backyard distilleries disappeared after prohibition ended. Most did. Afterall, why would somebody continue to operate a backyard distillery, or brew Bathtub Gin, if it was no longer a crime to purchase it at the store?
...you believe illegal production ended when Prohibition did.
Illegal production did end.
If you think rampant alcoholism ended. Dream on...
For the sake of argument, suppose that it didn't end. Suppose that it got worse. So what? That is no justification to crack down on people, and force everyone to pay the cost of prohibition because a handful of people are irresponsible. There is rampant obesity in society today. Is that justification to crack down on junk food?
Gun control is wrong because it punishes people for owning and using guns. Hardly a crime. It is the misuse of guns that is a crime. The same goes for drugs or anything else.
How is telling you that you have an explanation for everything "name-calling?"
Was it meant as a compliment?
"Theory" is name calling? A bit thinned skinned I'd say. But then, most are when losing an arguement. But hey, don't take it personal. Maybe your way will work. Why not try it in YOUR state/county?
None of this is an argument. It's just more smear.
Immigrants? They will come here, en masse, whether or not the welfare magnet is turned on or off. Have been for years. What difference the reason? They will still come here.
So what? Surely immigration itself isn't the problem. Tell me what is.
I have supported my position with experience.
Then let your position stand on it's own and let others decide for themselves.
You? book-learnin', hearsay, and untried ideas. Apparently your message has fallen on deaf ears. If in fact it is the message of the LP. One percent after 31 years? Progress...
Again, more smear. No refutation of the facts. No argument. The presidential poll results are not the only poll results that matter.
Free sex sure worked in SF. Free medical care sure works at the VA. Free drugs? Let's try it-in your AO.
Huh? If something is subsidized by government then it isn't free.
Your contention that a "handfull of people are irresponsible" (as a result of drug abuse)is so far out of reality I just cannot believe it! A handfull? Been to the inner city lately? Meth production/use is skyrocketing in rural areas, as previously stated. A "handfull?" Even the poverty pimps and those on the left are aware of the skyrocketing problem.
Let's warp it up Alan. If your statements (well, maybe 70%) aren't THEORY, then please inform this old hillbilly precisely where they have been implimented? What state, county, municipality?
Disclaimer:Please note, I am NOT using the word THEORY to demean you. Webster defines THEORY as "...conjecture, a mere hypothosis,or guess." How you could possibly misconstrue my use of that word to be a personal attack on you is beyond my comprehension. It wasn't/isn't meant to be such.