Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180107:07:28:00
It all boils back to the government getting their part. >> the government is like, wait a minute, that's not fair. we want our part of it. good old uncle sam. and i don't mean jackson. in 1791 alexander hamilton -- no, not that one -- decided to impose a luxury tax on whiskey which the people did not take too kindly to as they just left another country because of taxes. also, they like drinking whisky. avoiding those taxes led to the term "moonshine." folks began making their whiskey by the light of the moon to avoid detection. the same way i eat ice cream in the middle of the night so my wife...
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