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Johonny

(23,292 posts) Tue Apr 1, 2025, 05:07 PM Apr 1

The Canadian border is vast and I can easily see bootleg products shipping over just like we're back in the roaring 20s.

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How soon do we start to see illegal smuggling like during prohibition (Original Post) Johonny Apr 1 OP

Yes! tintinvotes Apr 1 #1

Or corporations moving them mislabeled in conventional manner bucolic_frolic Apr 1 #2

And, in an unrelated but ironic form of contraband... TommyT139 Apr 1 #4

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1. Yes!

Tue Apr 1, 2025, 05:15 PM

Apr 1

I heard CA, EU, and the rest of the free world are about to stop trading and traveling to the red states that voted for this monstrosity.

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2. Or corporations moving them mislabeled in conventional manner

Tue Apr 1, 2025, 05:15 PM

Apr 1

They can't inspect everything. They fired all the inspectors, didn't they?

(16,989 posts)

3. Oh for crying out loud. Americans are already smuggling women across state lines to get medical care.

Tue Apr 1, 2025, 05:23 PM

Apr 1

This is all effing sick and must end.

Peacefully.

(1,164 posts)

4. And, in an unrelated but ironic form of contraband...

Tue Apr 1, 2025, 06:28 PM

Apr 1

Eggs.