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9. "had the right idea" that right idea plunged America into one of the longest cycles of gang violence

Fri Nov 15, 2013, 12:26 PM

Nov 2013

Prohibition was a terrible idea, implemented poorly. It doesn't surprise me that some people wax nostalgically about it, though.

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Kind of cool MyNameGoesHere Nov 2013 #1

Little has changed..... Thucydides Nov 2013 #2

On a tangent.... HooptieWagon Nov 2013 #4

Yeah you're right MyNameGoesHere Nov 2013 #5

Leveraging tangent.... HooptieWagon Nov 2013 #7

Wrong solution to a serious problem zipplewrath Nov 2013 #6

There was a book on that subject a few years ago starroute Nov 2013 #8

The role of the income tax in Prohibition is pretty significant. nyquil_man Nov 2013 #11

This is a great thing to do. efhmc Nov 2013 #3

Ha! Reviewers! Ha! DavidDvorkin Nov 2013 #10

This might be one of the "strangest" stories I have ever read. Stuart G Nov 2013 #12