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Call me a socialist, but I believe larger distributors and stores should pay more for their liquor licenses. I shed no tears for Costco, they will make back that money many times over.
They would not be able to sell booze in Right wing New Hampshire because our State government has a monopoly on booze. It works for us because the State makes a profit and we have the lowest prices in New England. I would like the State to add tobacco products to its monopoly.
The quote "free market" is not some unbridled right! If the people CHOOSE to have some government entity supply goods and services that is a right reserved to the people.
No it is not the right of the people to infringe on the rights of others. That is FORCE and is called mob rule.
This is a microcosm of what happens when we give government so much power to intrude into our lives. Truth and sound policy go out the window. Arguments are made on the basis of where interests lie, not on the basis of logic. We enter an Alice-in-Wonderland-like world. The decision goes to whomever can write the biggest check, not who has the best ideas.
And who pays for this absurd charade? Why Joe Sixpack gets to pay for both sides. Much of the 'No' money is ultimately tax dollars, by way of the public sector unions. And on the yes side is Costco money, which comes by way of struggling folk trying to save a few bucks by buying in bulk. It's enough to drive a teetotaler like me to drink.
Correct!!!!!!!!!!!!! There should be no requirement for a license to sell alcohol. Why should we allow the government to tell us what we can sell?
Call me a socialist, but I believe larger distributors and stores should pay more for their liquor licenses. I shed no tears for Costco, they will make back that money many times over.
Costco isn't the loser in this fight. It's the consumers.
They shouldn't have to pay a dime to sell alcohol. And they shouldn't have to have a license.
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