Suffrage was the beginning of the end. Women allowed to vote for the first time made their first real contribution the Volstead Act. Bored Suffragettes in need of a hobby set out to ask the nanny state to handle their husbands for them. This resulted in countless deaths from low grade booze and gang shootouts as we ushered organized crime into the political arena.
It is also no surprise to find that prior prohibition, most operational and infrastructure costs were covered with an excise tax on alcohol. With no more alcohol sales to collect taxes on, the federal income tax was created and installed.
Once prohibition was repealed the excise tax was once again applied to liquor and beer sales. Interestingly, The income tax also remained. Thanks ladies, good lookin' out!
Along with contraception which underlined the sexual revolution of the 60s. That totally destroyed the nuclear family by emancipating women from all accountability and responsibility.
Suffrage was the beginning of the end. Women allowed to vote for the first time made their first real contribution the Volstead Act. Bored Suffragettes in need of a hobby set out to ask the nanny state to handle their husbands for them. This resulted in countless deaths from low grade booze and gang shootouts as we ushered organized crime into the political arena.
It is also no surprise to find that prior prohibition, most operational and infrastructure costs were covered with an excise tax on alcohol. With no more alcohol sales to collect taxes on, the federal income tax was created and installed.
Once prohibition was repealed the excise tax was once again applied to liquor and beer sales. Interestingly, The income tax also remained. Thanks ladies, good lookin' out!
Along with contraception which underlined the sexual revolution of the 60s. That totally destroyed the nuclear family by emancipating women from all accountability and responsibility.