Well, since we don't drink and don't cook with alcohol either, our kids won't be getting it that way. Similar story with tobacco. While I will "educate" our children against alcohol and tobacco, in the end the choice will be their own. If our kids do make such a choice, then I will have to tell my wife that she is a good mother and must let her children make their own choices even if it goes against what she taught them.
As for this law and a legal monopoly, I don't think it is really as good as the lawmakers want it to be. Smiths and other "normal" stores can lose their license to sell alcohol/tobacco if they fail to meet certain criteria (such as passing a certain number of "stings"). As such, these other vendors for liquor have an interest to educate and self-regulate their sales. Whether they do or not is up to them. On the other hand, a state liquor store? What happens if they get "busted?" I suppose there might be penalties on the staff. Maybe that branch will be closed? Making the consumer "pay" because they'll still have to find a state liquor store to get said stuff? I don't know what the actual Utah law is on this, but it seems like it doesn't matter as much what happens at the local branches because as a whole the liquor stores can't lose their "license." I would fear that this might actually lead to less incentive to comply with regulations.... That monopoly reflects in the retail prices at a minimum I gather.
As for this law and a legal monopoly, I don't think it is really as good as the lawmakers want it to be. Smiths and other "normal" stores can lose their license to sell alcohol/tobacco if they fail to meet certain criteria (such as passing a certain number of "stings"). As such, these other vendors for liquor have an interest to educate and self-regulate their sales. Whether they do or not is up to them. On the other hand, a state liquor store? What happens if they get "busted?" I suppose there might be penalties on the staff. Maybe that branch will be closed? Making the consumer "pay" because they'll still have to find a state liquor store to get said stuff? I don't know what the actual Utah law is on this, but it seems like it doesn't matter as much what happens at the local branches because as a whole the liquor stores can't lose their "license." I would fear that this might actually lead to less incentive to comply with regulations.... That monopoly reflects in the retail prices at a minimum I gather.
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