As well as this, an end to prohibition would eliminate the costs required to enforce it – an extra expenditure the government could not afford at this time. Economically, an end to prohibition would help strengthen the unstable situation in America: ending unproductive government spending as well as bringing new money into the system. Repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment would also meet social demands brought about by the crisis. Those facing hard times wanted to drink, and wanted an end to the law to allow them to do so more easily; thus the Great Depression added to the support for social groups already campaigning for its repeal. Both the economic and social effects of the Depression make it an important reason for the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, a concept supported by historian Joseph Gusfeld.
Examination of PowerMaster case support the idea that any philosophy or course of action that does not consider the public interest is vulnerable in today’s business environment. The more enlightened business climate creates the need for a trusting relationship between a firm and its various publics. It is called “business ethics” – “and is supposed to analyze moral and ethical rules in the economic world”. When the G. Heileman Brewing Company decided to market their product, Colt 45 PowerMaster, there were no ethical views considered. Foremost, the newer PowerMaster brand had higher alcohol content than the previous malt brand by the name Colt 45.
Many people oppose the idea arguing eighteen to twenty year olds will only drink more if they are legally allowed to. The answer is simple: lowering the age will only lead to increased underage drinking, increased alcoholism and an increase in the number of alcohol-related traffic accident fatalities. Those in favor of lowering the drinking age argue that a lower age will reduce the appearance of alcohol as a “forbidden fruit” for those under the age of twenty one, therefore reducing the number of eighteen to twenty year olds who binge drink (Answering the Critics of Age 21). If the drinking age were to be lowered, the “forbidden fruit” would still exist, only to an even younger population. Fifteen to seventeen year olds will see their older peers drinking and will want to be included in the activity.
In their eyes introducing prohibition could decrease the levels of prostitution, gambling and crime in the cities .The war provided prohibitionists with more ammunition to support their cause. They argued that as the government was calling for maximum agriculture production, so how could they justify the wasteful use of grains for beer and spirits? The prohibition lobby was also able to harness anti-German wartime hostility as the majority of brewers were of German origin, and that their trade organisation helped finance the National German-American Alliance which was a potent source for the Kaiser. Alcohol was also said to undermine military discipline and the virtue of young soldiers. Although world war one played a significant factor in giving ammunition to prohibitionists such as the patriotic feeling, and the fact that the government had begun to interfere
2. What kind of logic says that free trade means that a country cannot regulate its imports? The kind of logic that says that a country cannot regulate its imports because according to the situation in 1830’s The Opium War, the British abolished trading monopolies among its own subjects and opened free trade with China, therefore in 1839; the Chinese emperor appointed commissioner Lin to end opium trade, but the ban of trade was unlawful interference with the freedom of commerce. The free trade is advantageous to some countries because of the advantages in production and free trade consist of the government not discriminating against imports; limiting imports creates higher demand because of the tariffs which increase domestic price. 3.
The reason why gin helped the population grow is because after the government put a tax on gin people began to have less miscarriages and the crime rate deceased. Gin helped the population increase because after the government banned the public from making gin and selling it unless they had a licence to sever it. The government also put a tax on gin so only very few people could afford it. Another reason why the government didn’t want people to drink gin is because it encouraged laziness, criminal behaviour. The government weren’t making money on it because it was easy to brew at home and it was also being imported from Holland.
• Free Trade – According to Adam Smith, free trade leads to competition – Merchants have larger markets (since they can now ship to foreign markets) – Prices come down due to the competition – Those against free trade were merchants who benefited from tariffs (taxes) on foreign goods • A Series of Reforms – During the early and mid 1800s, Parliament instituted reforms in the areas of; • protective tariffs (repealing the Corn Laws), • slavery (banning it in all British colonies), • criminal punishments (reducing the number of capital offenses). • Victories for the Working Class – In the 1800s and early 1900s, Parliament passed laws aimed at improving social conditions. – Such laws limited the workday of; • women and children,
Economists who have studied these anti-drug policies criticize them by taking a stance that the ongoing effort continues to cost billions of dollars to tax payers while offering little results in terms of reduction of drug users. Such economists believe that some of the benefits of legalizing drugs would reduce crimes, lower the prices for drugs and decrease prostitution. In some cities, such as New York, city officials adopted an exchange needle program where it proved to reduce HIV cases in half. Unfortunately, such a program was opposed by the federal anti-drug czar (Cussen, M. & Block, W. 2000). Consequently, those who felt drugs should be legalized believe that by looking at other countries, such as Portugal and New Zealand who have legalized drugs, crime would decrease.
TAG not only defends the interests of industry in the European Union but also produces and publishes scientific research on the problems caused by alcohol,it also organizes conferences on issues where scientific epidemiologists, politicians and social workers are invited to discuss in various debates. Alcohol Taxation TAG believes that increasing the tax on alcohol would not be a good thing on the socio-economic aspects and as a new policy. Moreover TAG has always tried to show that the use of alcohol in moderate levels might be beneficial to our health such as the red wine. If the tax goes up it would not give advantage to those consumers that only consume alcohol for beneficial factors. 3/ alcohol advertising.
However, the pro-legalization Americans respond in saying increased marijuana use has no lasting health effects, legalization will allow for better regulation of distribution, and marijuana legalization will reduce alcohol consumption in America. There is no empirical data to support that marijuana use will increase when legalized or that we will see an increase in automobile crashes. Those who are not necessarily marijuana users but support legalization argue that the financial benefits of legalization outweigh the negative implications that come with