So, elections are coming up soon and there’s one issue I’m torn about. In Washington, all hard alcohol is sold in state run liquor stores. There’s an initiative up to expand liquor sales to grocery and convenience stores. And, honestly, I don’t have the slightest clue on how to vote. I’ve given it a lot of thought and I have good reasons for both sides.
On the one hand, having liquor available at more locations with better hours would be amazingly convenient. Also, they’d introduce competition among stores and liquor prices wouldn’t be as ridiculously expensive as they are in the state run stores.
On the other hand, teens are teens and they think it’s cool to drink and will try to take advantage of liquor being more readily available. And if teens want to get liquor, they will. It’s next to impossible in the state run stores for that to happen. Also, the state run stores bring in much needed tax money to the state to fund programs essential to our well being. If liquor was outsourced to other stores, we’d lose this tax money revenue.
Decisions, decisions…and I’m not even a drinker.
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