14 hours ago
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
The Key to the Young Male Vote: Beer
Democrats are spending $20 million to understand the great mystery of young men—probably the simplest creatures on earth. Here's an idea for you, Democrats: lower the drinking age, at least for beer.
Congress established a federal drinking age of 21 in 1984 to combat drunk-driving fatalities, of which there were 21,000 in 1983. States were coerced with the threat of withheld highway funds. They caved in quickly. Louisiana was the last holdout.
