Sholuld Greeks Speahead a movement to reduce the drinking age to 18?

[Tom Earp]

Greeks do not Promote Drinking. We just party as Social Organizations!

True or False?

[macallan25]

I'll agree with that. I could care less who drinks and doesn't.

[PSKAdvisor]

Yah. Everyone at our parties always had fun, drinking or not. We have many guys in our ranks that never drank or at least never drank much.

One thing to consider, that bar and tavern lobby is really powerful (at least here in Wisconsin - what does that say about us?), and they couldn't get the drinking age to stay low. I was nightclub manager for years and know precisely how much it hurt the industry around here.

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)

I would love for Wisconsin to consider a Beer/Wine law for 18-21 year olds, and I think a .00 BAC DUI/DWI tolerance with a mandatory 1-year license suspension would be very appropriate.

[33girl]

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."

[Tom Earp]

Originally posted by 33girl
It was much more than "pressure," it was "you get $0 if you don't pass this law."

100% correct.

States were black mailed by the Fed. Govt. Do this or lose Highway Funds. I have stated this many times.

When 18 was Legal, Students could drink 3.2 beer and socialize in Kansas. Now, they get a chance to Hit THe Booze, they do full force and pay for it many times.

[AGDee]

Some states changed it voluntarily before the feds came up with the highway funding idea though (Michigan, for one) The goal at that time was to get alcohol out of the schools because when one turned 18, they were most often still in high school. Then they could buy for all the 16 and 17 year olds. Now, it's 21 and the 21 year olds buy for the college students, but at least it's tougher for the 16 and 17 year olds to get it (although they still manage somehow).