Ma, Q # 1

[deepsushi]

I will be voting YES on 1. The liquor store owners have fabricated this whole public safety issue related to wine sales to hide the fact that they want to maintain their monopoly on wine / booze sales.

Thirty four other states in the US allow wine sales and guess what -- they dont have any huge public safety issues resulting from grocery stores selling wine.

I say screw the liquor lobby in this state as its only interested in protecting its $$$ monopoly at the expense of the consumers in this State. Dont believe me? Look at their history over the last couple of years:

1.) Just last year they effectively derailed/ gutted the ability of vineyards to ship wine to customers in this state under the B.S argument that minors were going to purchase wine and have it shipped to them. Yea right! Lots of teens out there ordering Opus One online at 75 bucks a bottle!

2.) The liquor lobby also tried their hardest to prevent Sunday liquor sales in the state of MA. They again played the BS public safety issue card on this one too. The fact is they did not want to have to open on Sundays in order to protect their pocketbooks.

The liquor lobby in MA wants to operate under some type of quasi Socialist system at the expense of US THE CONSUMERS! Their whole public safety argument is a huge boondogle in an attempt to protect their pocketbooks.

VOTE YES ON 1 and screw those trying to screw us the consumers!

[stripersnipr]

Originally Posted by deepsushi

The liquor lobby in MA wants to operate under some type of quasi Socialist system at the expense of US THE CONSUMERS! Their whole public safety argument is a huge boondogle in an attempt to protect their pocketbooks.

VOTE YES ON 1 and screw those trying to screw us the consumers!

They picked the right State to further their efforts at creating a quasi Socialist Republic. More than h alf of this state would vote for Joseph Stalin if he ran..

[Skip N]

Originally Posted by stripersnipr

They picked the right State to further their efforts at creating a quasi Socialist Republic. More than h alf of this state would vote for Joseph Stalin if he ran..

[deepsushi]

Originally Posted by stripersnipr

They picked the right State to further their efforts at creating a quasi Socialist Republic. More than h alf of this state would vote for Joseph Stalin if he ran..

I don't know about that... Stalin might not be far enough left to get elected by the idiots in this State....

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by deepsushi

2.) The liquor lobby also tried their hardest to prevent Sunday liquor sales in the state of MA. They again played the BS public safety issue card on this one too. The fact is they did not want to have to open on Sundays in order to protect their pocketbooks.

Why would the liquor Lobby be AGAINST having another day to make money. Your telling me they would rather NOT sell on Sundays and have business ($$$) go to states like NH. what would be the rationale to that?

[stripersnipr]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

Why would the liquor Lobby be AGAINST having another day to make money. Your telling me they would rather NOT sell on Sundays and have business ($$$) go to states like NH. what would be the rationale to that?

Their feeling was it would not increase overall Liquor Sales just spread it over 7 days rather than 6 thus increasing their expense with no additional revenue. Don't forget their outcry against the implementation of the Mass bottle bill also.

[deepsushi]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

Why would the liquor Lobby be AGAINST having another day to make money. Your telling me they would rather NOT sell on Sundays and have business ($$$) go to states like NH. what would be the rationale to that?

Yes thats right they did not want to open on Sundays! Instead of having to pay for operating costs (i.e utilities, wages, etc) to be open on Sundays they increases their profits by filtering all their weekend sales into one day (Saturday) . Also, they effectively forced consumers to overpurchase and stock up on their booze out of fear that they might "run out" of alchohol on Sunday.

Also, while I did travel to NH a few Sundays in college simply to purchase booze (years ago when I was young and stupid) travelling from the Cape to NH is not realistic!