Why did taxes cause leaders to be reluctant about prohibition

The taxes caused the leaders to be reluctant about prohibition because even though that the income taxes were not yet created, the government wad already depending on the taxes of the liquor for the funding for the country.

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Assemblies do not have written codes of laws. laws are matters for magistrates and courts, not assemblies. codes of law are things such as civil law, criminal law, and constitutional law. what assemblies have are procedures regarding debating, voting and other business they might carry out.  also note that rome had three assemblies: the assembly of the soldiers, the assembly of the tribes, and the plebeian councils.