Yeah, take a real close look at what led to our needing RICO (another non-sensical law): prohibition of alcohol and gambling. Without those two legal battles,

Yeah, take a real close look at what led to our needing RICO (another non-sensical law): prohibition of alcohol and gambling. Without those two legal battles, the mob would have still been shaking down the corner grocer for a couple of bucks protection money (which our country's law enforcement should have been taking care of, instead of chasing down bootleggers and betting operations). Watch Ken Burn's documentary on prohibition and soak in all the parallel's to today's war on drugs: http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/ http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/