Assertion: prohibition | /r/CapableOf | cost a total of $11 billion
Facets:
value: at the national level
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Prohibition Era Fact 23: Prohibition cost the federal government a total of $11 billion in lost tax revenue and cost over $300 million to enforce Prohibition Era Fact 24: 3000 Americans died every year from the effects of drinking tainted illegal liquor from the black market Prohibition Era Fact 25: Prohibition became increasingly unpopular during the Great Depression and a wealthy Republican, Pauline Sabin, started a repeal movement Prohibition Era Fact 26: Wickersham Commission: The Wickersham Commission (1929-1931) was established by President Herbert Hoover who appointed former U.S. Attorney General George W. Wickersham to head the U.S. National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement.
text: Prohibition cost the federal government a total of $11 billion in lost tax revenue and cost over $300 million to enforce.
text: At the national level, Prohibition cost the federal government a total of $11 billion in lost tax revenue, while costing over $300 million to enforce.