Quote from: Surly1 on Jul 14, 2024, 02:10 PMI remember back in the day when you said one of the best preps could be a storage locker full of pint bottles of liquor, specifically for barter. That idea has aged like fine wine.
A factoid you may be aware of but if not will appreciate.
The reason for Prohibition wasn't due to the sweet Christian Temperance ladies. Dirt farmers couldn't make any money off the grain they grew in the midwest because the railroads took all the profit in shipping costs. The volume was too large for them to bring it to market using wagons. By distilling it into liquor themselves they could bring the liquor into town in wagons and undersell the big distillers. Thus came the "Revenooers" and taxation on liquor and expensive licenses to distill alcohol. This kept farmers perpetually poor without a cash crop.
Just recently the SCOTUS struck down the law against home distilling, so you can now legally start your own moonshine operation as a prep. ;D
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