If there is one thing that shows that Americans live in a nanny state it is the maze of alcohol laws, rules, and regulations that exist in every state. What is legal in one state may get you arrested in another.
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Every restriction, prohibition, rule, or regulation regarding the sale, purchase, possession, consumption, serving, wholesaling, retailing, manufacturing, or distributing of beer, wine, or distilled spirits; the operation (days, hours, licensing) of liquor stores or other stores that sell alcohol; or the legal adult drinking age, is incompatible with a free society.

Americans say they live in a free society. Do they? Americans say they believe in freedom of commerce, property rights, and personal freedom. But do they really?

In a free society, alcohol is treated no different from any other commodity. In a free society, business decide what products they will sell, what days and hours they will be open, and where they will source their products. In a free society, the government does not discourage the drinking of alcohol, issue guidelines for alcohol use, regulate or interfere with the commerce of alcohol, levy special taxes on alcohol, or pay any attention to anyone’s drinking habits.
If there is one thing that shows that Americans live in a nanny state it is the maze of alcohol laws, rules, and regulations that exist in every state. What is legal in one state may get you arrested in another..
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The truth, of course, is that Americans don’t live in a free society with freedom of commerce, property rights, and personal freedom. They live in a nanny state. Every American lives in a nanny state state.

Like education, health care, and a host of other things, alcohol must be completely separated from the state. Whether one drinks alcohol or abstains, a free society should be the desire of every American.