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@Kilemall said in Waco:
@oyaji said in Waco:
I am hopeful that one day soon restrictions on distilled spirits will be relaxed as they have been for farm wineries and craft breweries. The history of regulation, taxation, and prohibition only whetted the appetites of states and government agencies for power and corruption and will be difficult to dislodge, however. Respponsible as they are collectively for the misery they have inflicted on small operators (particularly so-called “heritage” distillers), their activities need to be curtailed.
Come to think of it, that goes for a lot more law enforcement than just on alcohol regulation.
<Shrug> it was always about the money and power, from George Washington and the Whiskey Tax on.
Whiskey Rebellion - Wikipedia
You know what Jeferson had to say about rebellion?
Thomas Jefferson was serving as ambassador to France at the time and refused to be alarmed by Shays’ Rebellion. He argued in a letter to James Madison on January 30, 1787 that occasional rebellion serves to preserve freedoms. “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.”
