http://www.taxgirl.com/forget-soda-ny-moves-to-fill-budget-hole-with-wine/ Paying taxes is painful... but reading about them shouldn't be. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:55:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.taxgirl.com/forget-soda-ny-moves-to-fill-budget-hole-with-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-25492 Sweetening the Pot: Taxing Medical Marijuana Reaps Benefits in San Jose « Kind Buds Collective Thu, 19 May 2011 21:33:29 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/?p=5322#comment-25492 [...] Tanning. Wine. [...] [...] Tanning. Wine. [...]

]]> http://www.taxgirl.com/forget-soda-ny-moves-to-fill-budget-hole-with-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-17339 jpe Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:27:50 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/?p=5322#comment-17339 When I worked at a convenience store in OH - which could sell wine - the ID checking practices were lax to say the least. That makes me think there may be something to the ID argument (although, IMHO, it augurs against prohibiting grocery store sales.) When I worked at a convenience store in OH – which could sell wine – the ID checking practices were lax to say the least. That makes me think there may be something to the ID argument (although, IMHO, it augurs against prohibiting grocery store sales.)

]]> http://www.taxgirl.com/forget-soda-ny-moves-to-fill-budget-hole-with-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-17335 Peteymit Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:18:12 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/?p=5322#comment-17335 The argument used around here has to do with keeping the questionable characters from frequenting the stores. They don't want homeless alkies buying up all the two-buck Chuck with the two dollars they got to go buy some milk or bread. The laws altruistic intent is rendered useless by the business end of the gun-barrel of logic. The argument used around here has to do with keeping the questionable characters from frequenting the stores. They don’t want homeless alkies buying up all the two-buck Chuck with the two dollars they got to go buy some milk or bread. The laws altruistic intent is rendered useless by the business end of the gun-barrel of logic.

]]> http://www.taxgirl.com/forget-soda-ny-moves-to-fill-budget-hole-with-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-17328 garagefather Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:25:09 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/?p=5322#comment-17328 All these laws are protectionist and never hold up to logical scrutiny. Our country could use a lot more libertarian thought on these issues. Why are Americans so afraid of freedom? We seem to fight it at every turn, regardless of how faulty our logic may be. It has to be humans natural instinct to control everything and everyone. Take a chance like our founding fathers did and give people their freedom and then force them to take responsibility for themselves if they fail. All these laws are protectionist and never hold up to logical scrutiny. Our country could use a lot more libertarian thought on these issues. Why are Americans so afraid of freedom? We seem to fight it at every turn, regardless of how faulty our logic may be. It has to be humans natural instinct to control everything and everyone. Take a chance like our founding fathers did and give people their freedom and then force them to take responsibility for themselves if they fail.

]]> http://www.taxgirl.com/forget-soda-ny-moves-to-fill-budget-hole-with-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-17272 Tweets that mention Forget Soda: NY Moves to Fill Budget Hole with Wine | taxgirl -- Topsy.com Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:51:23 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/?p=5322#comment-17272 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Kelly Phillips Erb and Frederic Abramson, Brian Compton. Brian Compton said: Via @taxgirl Forget Soda: NY Moves to Fill Budget Hole with Wine http://dlvr.it/24YYQ [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Kelly Phillips Erb and Frederic Abramson, Brian Compton. Brian Compton said: Via @taxgirl Forget Soda: NY Moves to Fill Budget Hole with Wine http://dlvr.it/24YYQ [...]

]]> http://www.taxgirl.com/forget-soda-ny-moves-to-fill-budget-hole-with-wine/comment-page-1/#comment-17270 Elena Sun, 27 Jun 2010 13:40:08 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/?p=5322#comment-17270 What about the most idiotic laws of all--the Blue Laws we have here in Connecticut, where you can't buy liquor of any kind on Sundays? It's perfectly legal to buy as much alcohol as you want the rest of the week, and even drink yourself into oblivion, even on a Sunday. You just can't BUY the liquor on a Sunday. Of course, you can order alcoholic drinks in restaurants, etc., which only makes the whole thing more absurd. What about the most idiotic laws of all–the Blue Laws we have here in Connecticut, where you can’t buy liquor of any kind on Sundays? It’s perfectly legal to buy as much alcohol as you want the rest of the week, and even drink yourself into oblivion, even on a Sunday. You just can’t BUY the liquor on a Sunday. Of course, you can order alcoholic drinks in restaurants, etc., which only makes the whole thing more absurd.

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