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Old 05-18-2006, 11:24 AM
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Originally posted by PSKAdvisor
By the way, the drinking age switched sate by state. It's a state's-rights issue, not a federal issue. The feds just put pressure on states with that highway funding stuff. To the best of my knowledge, Wisconsin NEVER benefitted from federal highway funding. I can tell you exactly when it changed in Wisconsin because I missed the cutoff by one month when it switched from 18 to 19, and two months when it went from 19 to 21. (Sucked to be me in the 80s)
It was much more than "pressure," it was "you get $0 if you don't pass this law."
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