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Old 12-23-2011, 05:36 PM   #103
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Originally Posted by Frank MetaMusil View Post
Not saying you're wrong here, but do you have any articles on stories such as this? I've never really heard of organized crime making significant profit from alcohol sales other than prohibition in the 1920's, when it was actually deemed illegal by the US government. Even in that case it wasn't the consumption of alcohol that was illegal, it was the manufacture, sale, or transportation of it which was.
I think if you look at the history of most of our breweries and companies that make spirits you will find a pretty checkered past. Organized crime would keep doing what they are doing. The difference would be they would be paying some taxes. They would in effect be rewarded for what they extabished through illegal mean.
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