Or so at least Prohibitionists mispredicted at the time in December 1933. [Jesse Walker, Reason]
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
Cato Institute
Individual liberty, free markets, and peace: the world's premier libertarian think tank. Publishes Cato at Liberty, where I blog on contemporary policy issues.
Schools for Misrule
Get your copy today! My new book tackles the question of why so many bad ideas come from the law schools. "Cutting-edge commentary, hard-hitting, witty, astute." -- Publisher's Weekly. "Excellent... A fine dissection of these strangely powerful institutions" -- Wall Street Journal.
{ 2 comments }
In 1966 I represented a client in Iuka, MS at a time when the state was considering abolishing its dry laws. The air waves were engulfed with spot ads from prohibitionist ministers decrying the evils of John Barleycorn, and urging a NO vote on repeal, to a point where the 2012 election battle seems tame. Puzzled by the ability of ministers to afford this media barrage, I mentioned this to the local management, only to be told, “It’s not the minister’s money, the bootleggers are putting up the dough!”
I blush to think of my naiveté.
Yes, bootleggers continued to thrive in my dry county in Kentucky. Still do, I assume, since the county’s still dry.
Comments on this entry are closed.