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b_b · 4282 days ago · link · · parent · post: Mark Kleiman on why we need to solve our alcohol problem to solve our crime problem
Haha, I'm sure that was a joke. There's nothing wrong with Johnnie Walker (and shame on the WP for spelling it "Johnny"). I have a bottle of gold at my house, and its spectacular, even as a blend. But to another point, there absolutely is a class of people who go to jail: young black men, especially from low income families. They should look to Canada to see what effect their taxes have had on crime. Their alcohol taxes are through the roof (for example, Labatt Blue, a Canadian imported beer, costs $21/case in MI, and about $40 in Ontario!). This seems like an easy test case to study whether higher taxes curb crime.