Same old, same old -- wine/alcohol wholesalers at work

From "Atlantic Wire Five Best Columns":

David White on Why Your Liquor Costs So Much Last month, Republican Representative Jason Chaffetz of Utah introduced a bill to the House that would allow states to enforce protectionist laws in regards to liquor sales that would benefit the wholesale liquor industry, says White, the editor of the wine blog Terroisist, in The New York Times. Because of post-prohibition era laws that have created a class of middle men in the form of wholesalers, "it is estimated that ... consumers pay 18 percent to 25 percent more at retail than they otherwise would," he notes, citing a Wired article. The proposed bill in Congress would make things worse, White argues, particularly regarding wine sales. "Instead of burdening consumers by foisting more restrictions on alcohol sales, lawmakers should free the market and expand consumer choice by scrapping this bill and letting wholesalers know that it won't be considered again."

"The New York Times" link is at http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/04/opini ... ef=opinion
Entitled: "Wholesale Robbery in Liquor Sales"

The "Wired" article is at http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2004/03/62831
Entitled: "Web Wine Sales Still Bottled Up"

Regards, Bob

[David M. Bueker]

Thanks for posting Bob.

For forum mebers who are on Facebook, there is a Defeat HR1161 page. Please support it!

I couldn't find the Facebook page, but I did send a letter to my Congressman and Senators via Free The Grapes!
As this is Oklahoma, however, I fear such pleas for reason will fall on deaf ears.