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Politics : Politics for Conservatives
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To: Paul Smith who wrote (1355)12/13/2012 1:13:16 PM
From: Alan Smithee2 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 125036
 
How about government monopoly control over retail alcohol sales like in Pennsylvania? I'm not sure what the goal is other than just to make money being a high priced liquid drug distributor. People near the border drive to NJ to buy bottles in NJ for much lower prices.
We had government monopoly liquor stores in Washington State until a vote last year on an initiative to privatize the liquor industry. The vote passed and now I can buy Vodka at my local grocery store. Problem is, prices are up about 25% because the state passed a new tax on liquor, allegedly to recoup the revenues it received from running a liquor monopoly. I expect we'll get a chance to vote on yet another initiative in the future on rolling back the tax.

The gubmint always has its hand out.
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