[lbo-talk] Putin calls for state monopoly of alcohol sale

[Jim Devine]

hey, what happened to free enterprise? what's this Putin want, to turn
the whole country into Pennsylvania, with its state-owned liquor
stores? that's the slippery slope to socialism!
JD

On 7/3/05, Chris Doss <lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Jul 2 2005 8:22PM
> 
> Putin calls for state monopoly of alcohol sale
> 
> KALININGRAD, Russia. July 2 (Interfax) - Substandard
> alcoholic drinks kill 40,000 Russians yearly,
> President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday, calling for
> the state to monopolize alcohol business.