CSPAN3 Lectures In History June 22, 2014
An electorate where the people are committed to the wellbeing, the common good of the country and should be willing to set aside their self interest to advance the common good. That is virtue. Yet, this is a time when people are drinking as never before, and you can see the statistics here that historians have come up with. In 1790, the per capita Alcohol Consumption in the United States, in the equivalent of gallons of 90 proof alcohol what does 90 proof mean . Everybody knows the answer to that. [laughter] i ask you about Alexander Hamiltons fiscal policy, and there are crickets in here. I a...