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Members of Congress and the president and vice president of the United States would be subject to a personal fine of up to 15% of their adjusted gross income (jointly filed taxes if married). By using the AGI, it would treat the member of Congress who is living paycheck to paycheck the same as the mega-millionaire member of Congress. Carrots and sticks - the carrots part is simple. Members of Congress should be paid more. Fresh out of law school, first-year associates at major law firms make more money. Members of Congress should also be eligible for a yearly bonus.

America’s experiments with prohibition have proven to be catastrophic failures that make a mockery of the law, skew police priorities and enrich the black market.

The 18th Amendment, better known as Prohibition, was ratified on this day in history, Jan. 16, 1919. It became the law of the land one year later, leading to an array of social consequences.

Oh, if these walls could talk. This historic Detroit home was built just as prohibition began in the US and served as an illegal whiskey still.

Jeff Cook