Are there any families today who are still reaping the benefits of the bootlegging time period?
GP: Well, certainly the organized crime families are still around. There has always been a myth that the Kennedys made their fortune in bootlegging. While Joseph Kennedy did make some money during this timeframe, he made his first fortune in stocks, and he made his second fortune in Hollywood. AVC: How was Prohibition eventually repealed? GP: Fundamentally it took the Stock Market Crash and the onset of the Great Depression. America was ready for a change, and we saw a complete shift in government, much like what happened in 2006 and 2008. Democrats took the Republican seats because the Democratic platform included Prohibition repeal. Thirteen years after passing the 18th Amendment, they changed the Constitution back—the only time the United States has done so. The taxes from liquor sales helped fuel many of FDR’s New Deal Programs. AVC: Prohibition gave rise to some unexpected things. Can you explain the Prohibition’s relation to NASCAR? GP: The moonshiners would send their product to
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