I am not pleased with the prospect of a state monopoly - a market solution should be sought. One thing is for sure though - whoever becomes Minister of Booze will have a lot of clout (and money!).
--- Jim Devine <jdevine03 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
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