RSSTime to overhaul liquor regulations, shut down state sales operation
Yakima Herald-Republic editorial board
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For once, I am in complete agreement with your editorial. I spent much of my lifetime in the alcohol related business and it is high time to bring us out of the dark ages. Furthermore, the government will NEVER be successful in legislating or attempting total control over individual mores and actions. If this were true, we would have no criminals. Leave liquor sales to the laws of supply and demand and private enterprise, like any other business. Same goes for tobacco. The problem is, the huge income from the taxes they impose might be affected, so who is making a living of of so-called "sins" of the people in this case? What is truly driving the resistance to make the change? MONEY!NOT MORAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR SURE. SINCE WHEN DID MORAL RESPONSIBILITY DRIVE THE ACTIONS OF ANY POLITICIAN?
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