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Re: Just heard on the radio...
Sep 29, 2009, 02:21
But do you think that the issue is social problems leading to drunkenness and addiction, or drunkenness and addiction leading to social problems? Or both? It goes both ways. Some people born into good situations end up shambling wrecks because of the stuff (I've seen it firsthand).

I just don't think this is a 'punitive' thing... unless you think that alcoholics have some sort of right to be alcoholics without it affecting their wallet. Truth is it already affects their wallet. They don't need more cheap booze, they need to moderate or quit their consumption.

We are also talking about how drunkenness affects other people... car wrecks, broken families, etc. Saying that the problem is something other than booze is avoiding the elephant in the room.

No, I don't think most people are really going to be that put out if their beer costs a little more. Like I said, that's paltry in comparison to rising rents and other things that are far more important to people.
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