Congresses View On Depression
Congress was very "Iffy" over prohibition. They realized that alcohol prohibition had cost them $11 Billion dollars in lost tax revenue, while costing over $300 million to enforce. In New York alone 75% of the states revenue was derived from liquor taxes. Congress soon realized that if prohibition was to be repealed, many of the larger problems would get smaller. For example, Unemployment rate would drop down to the lowest they had seen in 4 Years which was huge for the public that was dying of starvation. Along with a great depression happening in that time period their was alson enormous amount of violence that was starting to grow more and more over the sale of alcohol. So, if they were to repeal alcohol, prohibition