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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (66170)11/7/2002 4:39:09 PM
From: one_less  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 82486
 
"take the profit out of it.

People making a profit on things is not the issue I was addressing.

"There hasn't been a huge market for rum running since the repeal of prohibition."

And have the social ills associated with alcohol use disappeared as well?



To: epicure who wrote (66170)11/7/2002 4:45:14 PM
From: average joe  Respond to of 82486
 
As someone here said, insanity is trying the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Good metaphor for our War on Drugs.

Good metaphor for socialism.


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