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Old 10-11-2014, 05:47 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Yeah, I grew up in the US for the most part but it has always confused me. The US is the land of contradictions when it comes to sex.
My favorite is the giant billboards with women in their lingerie, but god forbid a woman tries to breast feed her baby in public.
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Old 10-11-2014, 05:51 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Oregon liquor stores since the 80s are partially privately owned in a way though since while the liquor is officially owned by the OLCC, a private contractor runs and operates the store. Personally, I don't even see much difference than a liquor store in other states--prices aren't that bad overall, and there's liquor stores with very good selections in Portland.

Though I like places like California or Hawaii where you can get liquor in a grocery store or convenience store.
Definitely, prices for liquor in Oregon is very reasonable at liquor stores, so I there really isn't much wrong with how we do it now. I just like how they now do it in Washington where you can get liquor in just about any store, which makes grocery shopping much easier when you can get everything you need in one place.
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Old 10-11-2014, 05:57 PM
 
Location: Montreal, Quebec
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Oregon liquor stores since the 80s are partially privately owned in a way though since while the liquor is officially owned by the OLCC, a private contractor runs and operates the store. Personally, I don't even see much difference than a liquor store in other states--prices aren't that bad overall, and there's liquor stores with very good selections in Portland.

Though I like places like California or Hawaii where you can get liquor in a grocery store or convenience store.
I can get beer and wine in a grocery or convenience store, but not hard liquor.
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Old 10-11-2014, 07:11 PM
 
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Definitely, prices for liquor in Oregon is very reasonable at liquor stores, so I there really isn't much wrong with how we do it now. I just like how they now do it in Washington where you can get liquor in just about any store, which makes grocery shopping much easier when you can get everything you need in one place.
Costsco in Washington was a big part of why the law finally changed up there. I'll drive up there if I'm buying liquor in high quantity at Costco, but the selection is limited--though you will save some bucks overall.
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Old 10-11-2014, 07:12 PM
 
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No. Only in a very few states.
It's 18 states:

Alcoholic beverage control state - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 10-11-2014, 07:24 PM
 
Location: Old Bellevue, WA
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Costsco in Washington was a big part of why the law finally changed up there. I'll drive up there if I'm buying liquor in high quantity at Costco, but the selection is limited--though you will save some bucks overall.
I doubt you will save even a penny. The tax on booze here is absurdly high. The Costco founder put that in his initiative to legalize booze sales, as a sop to liberal Democrats. It did work, and his initiative (ballot measure) passed despite some objections from liberals and public sector unions. Now you can buy booze at a Costco or Safeway, but the price has actually gone up from the old state liquor store system.

The press here refers to the practice as "sin taxes" which I think is quite apt. It's an excellent illustration of my point that liberalism is just a mutant version of Puritanism.
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Old 10-11-2014, 07:30 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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I doubt you will save even a penny. The tax on booze here is absurdly high. The Costco founder put that in his initiative to legalize booze sales, as a sop to liberal Democrats. It did work, and his initiative (ballot measure) passed despite some objections from liberals and public sector unions. Now you can buy booze at a Costco or Safeway, but the price has actually gone up from the old state liquor store system.

The press here refers to the practice as "sin taxes" which I think is quite apt. It's an excellent illustration of my point that liberalism is just a mutant version of Puritanism.
Now you are just contradicting yourself, basically anything you don't like you simply blame it on "liberalism" when that isn't even true.
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Old 10-11-2014, 07:42 PM
 
Location: City of Angels
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I worked on I-1183 in WA (and I-1100 and I-1105 the previous year). The legislature really screwed things up with their ridiculous tax hikes. No surprise tho.
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Old 10-11-2014, 07:47 PM
 
Location: City of Angels
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Oregon almost had a privatize liquor initiative this year btw. I was flown up there to work on it in May or June (I forget) before it was pulled.
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Old 10-11-2014, 10:04 PM
 
Location: Ohio
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My favorite is the giant billboards with women in their lingerie, but god forbid a woman tries to breast feed her baby in public.
Both lingerie and breast feeding are best kept on display in the privacy of your home.
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