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Originally Posted by Pan
This harkens back to when Celeste in '84 said he refused Reagan's order to raise the drinking age from 19 to 21. Louisianna's governor at the time did also.
Reagan's reply?
Reagan decided to cut ALL funding into Ohio, no highway funds, no education funds (including subsidized loans), nothing but welfare and SS (because people's lives depended upon them ...or Reagan didn't want to upset too many voters in an election year).
Anyway, Celeste told everyone how Reagan was blackmailing the state and the outcry wasn't there at all. So there went our state's right to govern itself on age to drink and the feds gained that much more power.
I have a feeling Missouri will see a similar blackmail and fate before this goes to trial.
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while that may be 'blackmail', your state STILL had a choice. It would have hurt, but it was still a choice.
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