<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> What's wrong with a state monopoly on booze? Joanna Peter Lavelle wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid20050703193704.49190.qmail@web51608.mail.yahoo.com"> <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: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <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> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Jul 2 2005 8:22PM Putin calls for state monopoly of alcohol sale KALININGRAD, Russia. July 2 (Interfax) - </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Substandard </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">alcoholic drinks kill 40,000 Russians yearly, President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday, calling </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">for </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">the state to monopolize alcohol business. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">___________________________________ </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</a> </pre> <pre wrap=""> ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com">http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com</a> ___________________________________ <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>