[Roscoe]

Those statist Founding Fathers didn't even realize that they couldn't ban the sale of untaxed whiskey!

Too bad you don't have a time machine so you could go tell them.

[dcwusmc]

Then, as now, it was about the money. They were collecting a TAX, not BANNING. I despise and abhor Washington's method of collection, but it was a tax close to what was allowed by the Constitution, not a "tax" like that of the 1937 Marijuana Tax Stamp Act... prohibition disguised as a revenue-raiser.