Texas couple killed
There have been a couple of threads on this story from South Padre Island, but I ran across a story this morning that may give some folks pause. It seems that as the Cartels have increased their agr...
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JRscooby wrote:wanderingaimlessly wrote:
Before prohibition, alcohol was freely sold, and was untaxed.
Fact check. 1791 tax alcohol to pay for revolution.
The Whiskey tax of 1791 was so unpopular it was later repealed in 1801.
The tax was recreated after the Civil War and ended again by prohibition. Interesting article.
Alcohol taxes
But it still doesn't change my point from earlier. Govt only talks about legalizing something when it can tax it. Once Govt has control over something, it is almost impossible to break their hold.
And if you examine how legal sales of recreational pot are being scrutinized by the states that allow it, and the taxes that go with that scrutiny you can see they gave up no control but receive huge amounts of money.
