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Post by thor on Apr 24, 2024 17:45:42 GMT
Your views sound libertarian, with respect to drugs. That's not a criticism, just an observation. I am pretty libertarian on this issue. Many moons ago I was even more libertarian on this issue: against all prohibition and for complete legalization. But I read, try to stay up on the topic, and my views on all this have evolved.
Ultimately, its elected officials and voters. And in some cases that leads to some funny and ridiculous situations.
Growing up, Tyler, TX was known as the wettest dry town. It was legally dry. You couldn't by beer or liquor in the county; you had to drive to the next county. But you could become a member of a "private club" for $1 and get drunk at the restaurant or club.
Texas has also long had a patchwork of wet and dry counties. And the wet counties work against liquor elections in the dry counties, because they benefit from the tax revenue they derive from people driving from the dry county to buy booze. The town of Kilgore straddles the county line between Rusk and Gregg Counties. And you can tell where the line is because all of sudden liquor store after liquor store.
A lot of this doesn't make much sense.
When I lived on OR, you couldn't buy alcohol on Sundays, I think it was. AND there were dry counties. We were close enough, so we went here:  Just over the CA border on I-5. |
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Post by Mercy for All on Apr 24, 2024 18:03:22 GMT
Yeah, it's an antiquated and convoluted regulatory system here. Better than some other states, which are surprisingly even more convoluted.
More and more counties are going wet (counties and cities want that tax revenue), but before that, drunk driving was a serious issue - at least anecdotally based on reports and knowing people who were doing it - because people were driving to liquor stores in another county and then driving back home.
Now I live in a place where I can walk to the store and get beer or malt liquor. And I could also walk to the closest liquor store if I wanted to.
It's sort of bizarre to me, that in this day and age, some Americans are still so restricted with respect to alcohol. Freon Overreaction to serious alcoholism issues. |
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Post by freonbale on Apr 24, 2024 18:09:44 GMT
It's sort of bizarre to me, that in this day and age, some Americans are still so restricted with respect to alcohol. Freon Overreaction to serious alcoholism issues. Local over-reactions. Even at the state level, there is little standardization in all the counties. And even at the county level, little standardization. But that's America. The world sees us as one big unified thing, but we're actually not at all like that, except for our military. Freon |
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Post by petep on Apr 24, 2024 18:42:12 GMT
Overreaction to serious alcoholism issues. Local over-reactions. Even at the state level, there is little standardization in all the counties. And even at the county level, little standardization. But that's America. The world sees us as one big unified thing, but we're actually not at all like that, except for our military. Freon In most every case decentralization is a better method. People have far more control over what happens locally and there is far more accountability. Of course we have the bill of rights and amendments for cases where a state or city . Which is good. But in almost every case I’d prefer to see local control over federal control. This is a good example. |
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Post by freonbale on Apr 24, 2024 19:00:57 GMT
Local over-reactions. Even at the state level, there is little standardization in all the counties. And even at the county level, little standardization. But that's America. The world sees us as one big unified thing, but we're actually not at all like that, except for our military. Freon In most every case decentralization is a better method. People have far more control over what happens locally and there is far more accountability. Of course we have the bill of rights and amendments for cases where a state or city . Which is good. But in almost every case I’d prefer to see local control over federal control. This is a good example. For day-to-day, I agree with you, but not when it comes to health issues, and basic rights. Freon |
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