On Nov 5, 10:18*pm, "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
> "Nancy2" > wrote
>
> > ...and even though alcohol is taxed, it isn't taxed nearly enough, for
> > all the damage it does. *I like Chris Rock's take on bullets - they
> > should cost $5000 each, and then the shootings would be far fewer and
> > farther between - just do that with alcohol and see what happens.
>
> > N.
>
> Speakeasies and moonshiners love that kind of talk. *You can be assured the
> government won't do anything to jeopardize that cash cow. *Alcohol use has
> been around for many centuries and it won't go away now. *They tried that
> once already. The only good that came out of it was the TV series The
> Untouchables that made a hero of Al Capone.

Did I say prohibition? No.

N.