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Old 08-20-2008, 01:39 PM
Tom Earp Tom Earp is offline
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Of course MADD will be against it for good reasons because of deaths.

But, the difference is between the social aspect and binge drinking is about underage students at the moment.

The Federal Government changed the speed limit on our highways and raised the legal drinking age at the same time as I remember and those states who did not raise the legal age were told they would not get any state highways funds from the Govt.

So, it was basicaly a form of blackmail.

Now, it seems be coming full circle again. The economy of many college towns suffered and many local bars sent out of business which in turn lost taxes to the city, county, and state. So, who was the winner here?

The post I made showed a discussion on this and evidently got deleted. But the one thing it did have was a survey and the largest % was to change the law.
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