This year on December 5th America will have a chance to
celebrate the 75th anniversary of Repeal of Prohibition. I
thought I would post 4 reasons why Repeal Day should become a
national holiday. No. 4: Prohibition hurt the American economy.
In 1925, years before the stock market crash, farmers were
devestated by falling grain prices - grain that could have been
sold to brewers and distillers. Most historians see this as the
first sign of the Great Depression. Besides shutting down
distilleries, breweries and saloons, glass makers, label
printers shippers and others also lost business during
prohibition. No. 3: People lost respect for the law. Most people
did not support prohibition and saw people who broght illegal
spirits into the country as heros and police who tried to stop
them as villans. This is a very bad precident to set. No.2: Most
people did not support prohibition. Not only the soldiers
fighting in Europe loose out on a chance to even vote,
prohibition points out a flaw in the constitution if you t