Martin Morse Wooster writes:
“Imagine that your local grocery store is suddenly owned by the state. All the store’s products and prices are set by central planners; who control when deliveries are made and which goods are sent to what stores. These stores routinely stock out-of-date products no one wants and refuse to carry new products customers do want. Planners also determine where stores are built, often placing them in remote locations.”
“This may seem like a description of the Soviet Union in 1960. But it’s a situation Americans purchasing liquor face in nearly a quarter of the states today. People who buy whiskey, rum, and other spirits from government monopolies have to deal with arbitrarily high prices, surly clerks, limited selection, and out-of-the-way locations
Read more at http://www.weeklystandard.com/the-liquor-stores-prohibition-gave-us/article/2000288
