The main issue for and against the restriction of the sale of gin during the 18th century in England were economical issues, rather moral and health issues because the peoples nature to make profits. In 18th century England, there was numerous economics concerns against the restriction of the sale of gin, but there were also very few for the restriction of gin. Some would have a non bias view and both views on the restriction of gin. The graph portrays the change in Beer and Gin production in the 18th century, with the sale of beer steady in history while the sales of gin increased dramatically. (Doc.1) If gin were to be restricted, the sale, production, and profit of beer would greatly increase.
Although the intention was good prohibition actually negatively affected the populations’ health because they turned to hard liquor instead of beer. While the supply of alcohol drastically decreased the demand remained the same. Due to the ban on importing or manufacturing of alcoholic beverages in the U.S, it became more difficult to get beverages containing lower amounts of alcohol (e.g. Beer and wine) while getting hard liquor became easier because it was easier to manufacture and smuggle across borders into the country. The higher alcohol content in hard liquor was more effective for getting drunk yet it also took its toll on the population’s health.
With the help of these teens, this will begin to improve our economy. Lastly, tourists' that are underage drinkers would not want to come to the US. What 18 year old from a different country would want to visit the US when they cannot drink? They would rather visit a country where they can have this right to legally drink. Due to this conflict, the US is gradually losing tourism
In a recent study, 82% of homicides in North America were committed under the influence of alcohol. If on one hand, we have a large influx of tax dollars from sales, more dollars may be needed for police enforcement and increased funding in the judicial system. 3.2
When a good is deemed no longer a significant part of the spending of an average family it is removed from the survey and new ones are added, for example recently craft beer and headphones where added to the basket whilst sat navs and yoghurt drinks where removed from the basket. The RPI is the other measure of price level used in the UK and was previously the main measure of inflation until it was replaced with CPI, it is measured along similar lines to CPI apart from it includes housing costs and mortgage repayments. For the most part RPI is higher then CPI but is prone to more volatility at the same time, so for example at the moment RPI is 1.6% and CPI is 0.5% but during the recession, RPI fell to -1.6% in June 2009 whereas CPI fell to its low of 1.1% in September the same year illustrating the differences between them and the increased volatility of RPI. Finally, the CPI is now used in the UK to measure price
B) With all the wealth made by the modern day robin hoods, many Americans started to change their view on prohibition, as they saw how much the economy and society suffered without the legalization of alcohol. III Main Point 2 The Great Depression was solitified with the decrease of income from the taxation of alcohol. The country relies on every tax it creates and once the country starts to reduce taxes, the economy faces a domino effect financially. • The beginning of the Great Depression In the late 1920’s caused a huge change in American opinion about Prohibition. • The Economy’s issues had crippled the country financially; legalizing Alcohol could provide some relief as a taxable product as it once was.
More liquor will be sold to the patrons, which will increase the amount of money the government can make. An alternative policy is to legalize drinking but drive up the monetary price though new taxes. As long as young adults' alcohol demand is at least somewhat responsive to price, taxation can reduce consumption by as much as the current legal drinking age of twenty-one does. (Donald Kenkel, Acess my Library,3) If eighteen year olds do not have legal access to even a beer in a public place, they are ill equipped to deal with the responsibilities that come with drinking when they do have the right. Local business will also do better by being able to sell alcohol to more people as well.
Running Head: LOWER LEGAL DRINKING AGE Lowering the Legal Drinking Age July 12, 2009 The drinking age is a complex issue that needs to be addressed. The legal drinking age has fluctuated variously throughout the last thirty years changing from twenty-one to eighteen and then back to twenty-one again. Many people would say that the current age is fine because the later in life a person can drink the later they can drink and drive. As this is true there might be a better solution to the problem. The legal drinking age should be lowered from twenty-one years old to eighteen years old because the United States has the highest legal age in the world, eighteen year old soldiers
Overly strong flavorings are perceived as offputting, with subtle flavors having more general appeal as they enable the beer undernotes to shine through. Vodka flavors are set to become more focused on subtle and natural flavors as consumers become more refined in their tastes and increasingly prejudiced against poorer quality, cheaper flavored vodkas which have a more syrupy, sweeter taste. In contrast to other alcoholic drinks markets, the flavored alcoholic beverage category is relatively new, ensuring that consumers have fewer preconceived ideas of what flavors should be available. In addition, there are no well known base flavors to the drinks, so manufacturers are free to produce a wide range of flavor mixes in their products. Flavor trends in alcoholic drinks continue to evolve as companies seek to meet changing consumer tastes, expand into new consumer groups and bring more sophistication to brands in the face of high levels of brand competition.
The Failure of Prohobition The prohibition movement lost political strength in the 1920s. The stock market crash of 1929 and the resulting Great Depression of the 1930s further changed the political climate. Critics of Prohibition argued that the rise of criminal production and sale of alcohol made the legal ban ineffective. In addition, the general public's patronage of speakeasies bred disrespect for law and government. Critics also argued that “legalizing the manufacture and sale of alcohol would stimulate the economy and provide desperately needed jobs”(Prohibition1).