This is another one of those subjects that get under my skin whenever it pops up in the news — I don’t buy a ton of booze but the whole hypocrisy thing slays me. Next time an Idaho Republican tells you that they believe in the free market ask them about Idaho’s liquor laws.
What’s too bad is that if the state were to open up liquor sales to the free market they could probably increase the amount of revenue generated. They sit on a valuable, revenue generating commodity because they think that Idahoans aren’t capable of making adult decisions — you know, that whole “personal responsibility” thingy. It’s more important for them to be able to tell citizens where they can and can’t buy booze than to collect valuable tax revenue that would benefit all Idahoans.
Of course, if some legislators in the annex had their way, Idahoans would be issued a little liquor coupon book so that they can’t go over the amount of booze that the legislature deems sufficient.
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