That breed is usually met with complaints, derision and mockery.This week provided that opportunity in Germany when Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that her government had decided to give the Bundesliga permission to resume its league programme from next weekend.
It is not often that you hear someone explicitly thank politicians. That breed is usually met with complaints, derision and mockeryThere were fears that the league would be abandoned entirely, but, from next weekend, the Belarussian Premier League will have some real competition from one of the world’s top leagues.
The significance of these men is that, while they made their way up in the criminal world in the years preceding the 1920s, this was their decade of boom. As with all illicit industries, the underground booze trade needed an official infrastructure to survive and thrive.They formed part of this booming industry that was beyond the control of a government that had failed not only to curb drinking, but was losing out on tax revenue.Thousands died as gangs that were loyal to different lords did battle on city streets.Corruption also increased because the police, prosecutors and other law enforcers were an integral part of the syndicates.
You have a bunch of morality controllers who believe they know what’s good for the people and so impose their prejudices on everyone.
The US Prohibition gave rise to the greatest criminal empires of all time, & new celebrity dynasties sanitised via Wall St. In 20yrs time SA may see a few new dynasties on JSE, with fortunes of questionable provenance. Definitely we see tax revenue losses & smiling local mafia
Brilliant and on point again.
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