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News & ArtsFriday, July 31, 2009
Drunk Stock Up on Liquor Today
Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 2:09 PM
...or pay more—quite a bit more, if you like the fancy stuff—tomorrow.
Thanks, again, for nothing, Washington State Liquor Control Board.
Photo by J. Kraemer from The Stranger's flickr pool.
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@ 1 There are several stores in the Seattle area open until 9 PM and even a few open until 10 PM.
That being said this is ridiculous. When will legislators/governors in this state actually grow-up and legislate/govern? We can not sustain a tax code that relies primarily on sales and sin taxes to fund state services. Someone needs to Man/Woman UP and start a conversation about real tax reform that includes a graduated income tax.
Until this happens I plan on smuggling liquor in from Canada and off tribal land. Fuck you WSLCB!!!
That being said this is ridiculous. When will legislators/governors in this state actually grow-up and legislate/govern? We can not sustain a tax code that relies primarily on sales and sin taxes to fund state services. Someone needs to Man/Woman UP and start a conversation about real tax reform that includes a graduated income tax.
Until this happens I plan on smuggling liquor in from Canada and off tribal land. Fuck you WSLCB!!!
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It's a luxury tax with secondary nanny-government effects.
It's not unlike all the taxes placed on tobacco.
Perhaps it will inspire the DIY culture of Seattle to start making moonshine.
It's not unlike all the taxes placed on tobacco.
Perhaps it will inspire the DIY culture of Seattle to start making moonshine.
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Thank goodness I'm driving to California in August! I can help out *that* state with their financial problems.
Fuck you, Liquor Control Board.
Fuck you, Liquor Control Board.
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Quit blaming the Liquor Control Board, drunkards. Write your legislature.
And you think this is bad? Try Scandinavia. $12 for a pint of cheap beer, to say nothing of the harder stuff.
And you think this is bad? Try Scandinavia. $12 for a pint of cheap beer, to say nothing of the harder stuff.
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If the WSLCB didn't offer a lousy selection, this wouldn't bug me so much. Shitty and expensive, what a great deal!
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actually @1 is totally right. I don't give a shit if you tax the living shit out of liquor....but dont insult us with absurd store hours like closing at 7pm....some us have fucking real jobs, jobs that pay us enough to buy the liquor...but how are we supposed to buy it if you aren't open? Also, please open more locations, having to drive/cycle 5 miles is inexcusable.
Also, i'm of the mindset that I would rather have the drinking age lowered to 18 & tax the shit out of alcohol then continue to have 21+ and low tax. But that's just me....
Also, i'm of the mindset that I would rather have the drinking age lowered to 18 & tax the shit out of alcohol then continue to have 21+ and low tax. But that's just me....
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Now that I live in Wyoming instead of Washington, I enjoy the convenience of privately operated package stores open 7 days a week and late into the night, many of which have drive up windows. But I have to wonder about the relationship to less liquor regulation and our high rates of drunk driving arrests, alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents, and binge-drinking hospitalizations and deaths.
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I guess that homeless guy that panhandles for booze money outside of my local liquor store is going to have some competition soon.
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"Thanks, again, for nothing, Washington State Liquor Control Board."
"How much revenue does the LCB return to the state and local communities?
The Liquor Control Board returned $322 million in FY 2008 to fund essential state and local services such as health care."
yeah, typical stranger writer, thanks for nothing indeed.
"How much revenue does the LCB return to the state and local communities?
The Liquor Control Board returned $322 million in FY 2008 to fund essential state and local services such as health care."
yeah, typical stranger writer, thanks for nothing indeed.
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Goodbye WA state liquor stores, hello mail order.
The higher prices in WA should just about match shipping charges from online retailers.
The higher prices in WA should just about match shipping charges from online retailers.
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We know higher taxes on tobacco creates more ex-smokers. Is the same true with booze? Will more people stop buying alcohol and will that make the increased mark-up ultimately revenue neutral?
Also, I don't know much about alcohol in Oregon. Is it cheaper (it seems I remember not)? Will this drive more people to go purchase on the other side of the Columbia River?
Also, I don't know much about alcohol in Oregon. Is it cheaper (it seems I remember not)? Will this drive more people to go purchase on the other side of the Columbia River?
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Is it bad that when we had "the hottest day in the history of Seattle" and our brand new bottle of Jim Beam busted b/c of the pressure, my first thought was that I had better replace it before the price hike?
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I'm with Andy Squirrel. I don't mind paying taxes. I mind having to buy from the WDLCB's little shame-stations unlike ANY OTHER PRODUCT, EVEN CIGAFUCKINGRETTES.
Death to the WSLCB.
Death to the WSLCB.
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Remember, don't drink and drive.
Do one first and then the other.
Now, then, which was first .... darn, TGIF ...
Do one first and then the other.
Now, then, which was first .... darn, TGIF ...
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Here is the Oregon Liquor Control price list for July 09. http://www.olcc.state.or.us/pdfs/categor…
Here is the Oregon Liquor Control price list for July 09. http://www.olcc.state.or.us/pdfs/categor…
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It'll be interesting to see which bars raise their prices and which don't...and which music venues get the required sprinkler systems installed before the end of this year...
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I get all my news from slog. Why oh why couldn't you have told me yesterday? I'd have at least bought the big bottle of vodka.
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