BARR: The Congressional ‘Rum Cover-Over’ Is Crony Capitalism At Its Worst
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BARR: The Congressional ‘Rum Cover-Over’ Is Crony Capitalism At Its Worst

The year was 1917 — the Panama Canal had been opened a mere three years, the United States entered World War I in April and the Jones Act granted American citizenship to the citizens of Puerto Rico in March. 1917 was also the year that the U.S. Congress passed the little-noticed “Rum Cover-Over” as a […]