It was 79 years ago today that the legislatures of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Utah each ratified the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, which repealed the 18th Amendment, which had ushered in America’s failed experiment in alcohol prohibition. Technically, Prohibition itself didn’t end until April 1933 when the Volsted Act was formally repealed, but it still strikes me as a good day to have a drink in celebration:
Happy Repeal Day!
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@Neil Hudelson: Not really, the main reason it was repealed was the Federal, State and local governments needed the tax revenue.
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@Ron Beasley: True. One of the groups most favoring repealing prohibition was the wealthy. Led by Pierre DuPont, they so hated the Federal Income Tax which was put into place to replace the taxes on alcohol that they put a lot of money and time into repeal.
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@Scott:
Led by Pierre DuPont, they so hated the Federal Income Tax which was put into place to replace the taxes on alcohol that they put a lot of money and time into repeal.
And look at what it got them.
