Prohibition

[carose59]

Prohibition is an awful flop.
We like it.
It can't stop what it's meant to stop.
We like it.
It's left a trail of graft and slime,
It don't prohibit worth a dime,
It's filled our land with vice and crime.
Nevertheless, we're for it.

--F.P.A.


(I'm not sure that's the real title, because I haven't been able to find the book it's in, and I haven't checked any of my Bartlett's yet.)

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Comments

[melodyclark.livejournal.com]

Every speck of research done prior to prohibition established that it wasn't workable or effective. It pays to pay attention to the research. lol

[carose59.livejournal.com]

The best thing about this poem--which I meant to mention and will edit in--is that it was written as a summary of a report on the effectiveness of prohabition. The report writers acknowledged how badly prohabition was failing, how it was making life worse--but they were still for it!

I find comfort in things like this, because it always things like things are getting worse when really, they're just staying the same.

[melodyclark.livejournal.com]

Well, it helped keep my Aunt Bessie's business going in the New Orleans Red Light district. lol