11-01-2009, 11:30 PM
Hi,
I lived in Georgia through the '60s and into the '70s. At that time, each of Georgia's 159 counties could determine its own policy on alcohol, ranging from totally 'wet' to completely 'dry'. At the county line between every dry and wet county was a ring of 'package stores', bars, and 'full service restaurants'. While it was the preachers who spoke loudest for maintaining dry counties dry, it was the owners of these establishments (along with the bootleggers) who funded those campaigns. Not sure what it all means, but it's something to think about.
--Pete
Quote:It's not magic. Smuggling happens on banned or heavily taxed products. Keep the taxes low and revoke the ban, and you eliminate the problem. Want to get rid of cigarette smuggling? Get rid of cigarette taxes. Want to stop rum running? Stop taxing rum. It's a pretty simple solution.Yep. Sometimes a problem *does* have a simple, easy to understand, right solution.:)
I lived in Georgia through the '60s and into the '70s. At that time, each of Georgia's 159 counties could determine its own policy on alcohol, ranging from totally 'wet' to completely 'dry'. At the county line between every dry and wet county was a ring of 'package stores', bars, and 'full service restaurants'. While it was the preachers who spoke loudest for maintaining dry counties dry, it was the owners of these establishments (along with the bootleggers) who funded those campaigns. Not sure what it all means, but it's something to think about.
--Pete
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