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The BIAW's Erin Shannon Makes a Good Point: Vote No on I-1100

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I am voting Yes on I-1100 and no on I-1082 because I trust grocery outlets 1000000% more than I trust insurance companies.
bitchslap on October 21, 2010 at 11:52 AM Report this
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Some things are better left to the government, some things aren't, and I couldn't think of a more perfect example. It's not inconsistent to vote yes on I-1100 and vote no on I-1082.
Dougsf on October 21, 2010 at 11:55 AM Report this
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Now I feel bad about my post on her thread...

I find EriN's post persuasive and am now totally voting against I-1100.
on October 21, 2010 at 12:27 PM Report this
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Already voted no on both. Only takes one stamp this year.
Will in Seattle on October 21, 2010 at 1:42 PM Report this
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Already voted no on both, too (and made roughly this same comment on the I-1082 post: that she's right, and the answer is to vote no on both).
Cow on October 21, 2010 at 3:17 PM Report this
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I miss the days when The Stranger was a liberal newsweekly and didn't fall for the Wal-Mart agenda. But that makes for another thing in common with I-1100 & I-1082: While BIAW is trying to sell workplace safety to Wall St., the Walton Family Foundation would use the proceeds from deregulating liquor sales through I-1100 -- and giving them and their ilk a purchasing monopoly to crush WA wineries & craft breweries alike -- to promote their agenda of . . . drumroll . . . privatizing K-12 education! That's right, Wal-Mart also believes education should be for-profit. Why stop with liquor sales?
on October 21, 2010 at 4:33 PM Report this
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But Goldy... one is about cheap booze!
Bean on October 21, 2010 at 4:47 PM Report this
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I voted yes on I-1100 because I want the Puritans out of the liquor business (the state can still collect taxes on booze.) and no I don't buy that privatizing Workman Comp is the same thing--its not. The Insurance companies just want another way to screw people out of their money.
gberry on October 21, 2010 at 6:43 PM Report this
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Bean @7,

Cheap booze? Huh. Maybe that would increase my chances with Erin?
Goldy on October 21, 2010 at 6:58 PM Report this
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Hey Goldy, you're not going to come up with any sources for your claim that alcohol abuse is lower with state liquor sales, are you?

It's kind of the crux of the matter and you seem to be making stuff up.
elenchos on October 21, 2010 at 8:29 PM Report this
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Fuck insurance companies, but what's the problem with private booze sellers, if they only sell to adults and they pay their taxes?
Cynic Romantic on October 22, 2010 at 11:32 AM Report this

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