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To: antiRepublicrat
Forgetting about wine, hard liquor sales went through the roof.

Ofcourse. Can't you see why?

463 posted on 04/07/2004 1:47:00 PM PDT by biblewonk (The only book worth reading, and reading, and reading.)
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To: biblewonk
Ofcourse. Can't you see why?

Yes. While wine and beer were still available, the bit of a high you could get off those wasn't worth the danger of getting caught. Distilled spirits were much more effective for the same amount of danger. Plus, from a production standpoint, producers could ship more money's worth of alcohol high in the same shipment, meaning a successful shipment of liquor gave more profit than one of beer or wine.

None but the most tyrannical of laws can argue with basic economics and human nature.

470 posted on 04/07/2004 1:57:58 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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