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What's wrong with a state monopoly on booze?<br>
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Joanna<br>
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Peter Lavelle wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">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 <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:jdevine03@gmail.com"><jdevine03@gmail.com></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">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 <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:lookoverhere1@yahoo.com"><lookoverhere1@yahoo.com></a>
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<pre wrap="">Jul 2 2005 8:22PM
Putin calls for state monopoly of alcohol sale
KALININGRAD, Russia. July 2 (Interfax) -
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<pre wrap="">Substandard
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<pre wrap="">alcoholic drinks kill 40,000 Russians yearly,
President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday, calling
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<pre wrap="">the state to monopolize alcohol business.
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