Go Free Yourself

Seventy-five years ago today, a revision was made to the Volstead Act (which started Prohibition in the United States), bringing hope and joy to millions of Americans who just wanted to drink the Great Depression away. Although it took another 8 months to pass the 21st Amendment and officially end Prohibition, April 7, 1933 went down in history as the day beer was back.

JoeSixpack writes about the celebrations that happened that day, including how Anheuser-Busch “clip-clopped their way into beer lore.”

I’ll drink to that.

Sadly, this is no April Fool’s Joke. Today, the British newspaper The Independent writes:

Food stamps are the symbol of poverty in the US. In the era of the credit crunch, a record 28 million Americans are now relying on them to survive – a sure sign the world’s richest country faces economic crisis.

Read the whole piece here.