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Originally Posted by FrostyMug
I think in fairness we all know price of booze of any sort is cheaper in Phoenix due to minimal tax on booze as opposed to Ontario. Knowing that the booze tax here pays for some or all my health care makes me perfectly okay with that too.
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I think you missed my point entirely.... point being in Arizona there are no more "social ills" due to free market alcohol sales than in Ontario or Quebec... so why do we need those expensive and bureaucratic unionized monopolies (LCBO, SAQ, regulations around beer and wine sales) to "control" things?
I'm sure the "booze tax" from LCBO goes into general revenues, and not only health care... but not only that, the "booze tax" is being spent on those glossy LCBO cookbooks, and (my favourite), plastering the LCBO logo all over the boards at Senators games. Like really? Hundred of thousands of $$ to advertise a government monopoly at hockey games? Your tax dollars at work folks.
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Originally Posted by YOWetal
I'd love to buy beer with my steak everywhere for convenience. The $2.5B profit of the LCBO shouldn't be given away for nothing though. I'd sell off the licenses to highest bidders and given how desirable for supermarkets this might bring in more revenue than the LCBO is worth in its entirety. Ford of course sounds like he will peck away and as with Canabis give away the rights for nothing.
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So why not just allow the free market, but slap a 100% Ontario tax on booze? The money still flows in (I do get the argument about funding health care), but without the massive overhead that comes with the complex, expensive and completely unnecessary regulatory framework.
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