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commanderfish t1_jblyoks wrote

Well and the rampant crime funded by bootleg liquor

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No-Setting9690 t1_jbo3zd5 wrote

See that was it. Gov't was broke, they lost the revenue from the taxes on liquor. The mobsters were the ones taking in their revenue from all the speakeasies by supplying the alcohol. Haha, haven't used that word in like 25 years.

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