Joanna
Peter Lavelle wrote:
>Well, as Doss cited in his post, the vodka business in
>Russia is very much criminalized and the 40,000 deaths
>a year attributed to bad booze just has to be
>underestimated.
>
>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.
>>>
>>>
>>___________________________________
>>
>>
>>
>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk
>
>
>
>
>
>
>____________________________________________________
>Yahoo! Sports
>Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football
>http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com
>___________________________________
>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk
>
>
>
-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <../attachments/20050703/1667397a/attachment.htm>