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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1251184, member: 26302&quot;]I offered documented examples of the closest parallel we have. You are the one &quot;blue sky&quot; offering up completely made up scenarios. </p><p><br /></p><p>Prohibition failed because the general public refused to support it, it was facilitating gang crime, and with the depression the government wanted any source of revenue. It is more akin to the drug trade today than anything else. </p><p><br /></p><p>Is it not true the US government made payment in gold illegal, and that 99.999999% of all such payments stopped because of that law? I was giving anecdotes, but they are in line with other published stories. I can find multiple stories in the same vein, one was published in NN a couple months back. Can you provide one example where the previous prohibition of gold was flouted? Also, remember Federal law always trumps state law where they disagree. Some redneck state legislators wanting to make a political statement will not stop enforcement of Federal law. They will not go after the little old lady spending a silver quarter, they will shut down the Walmart that accepted it, and if that didn&#039;t work shut down all of the Walmarts. That is how the Fed would enforce it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. No offense meant to friends in Idaho. I come from a small state too, and just know how silly bills like this can get passed in smaller states.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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