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1、附录LivefreeandpaymoreintaxesLASTweekthestateofWashingtonbeganauctioningthelicencesto167oftheliquorstoresitruns。ByJune1stWashingtonwillbeoutoftheliquorbusinessaltogether,freeingprivatebusinessestosellspiritsinthestateforthefirsttimesinceProhibition.Lastyear,desp
2、itedirewarningsaboutcorporateprofiteers,drunkdriversandsurgingpolicingcosts,votersinthestateapprovedtheprivatisationinareferendumby59%to41%.SomethingsimilarhappenedinGeorgiaonMarch6th,whenvotersliftedthebanonsalesofalcoholonSundaysin24ofthe27citiesandcountiest
3、hathadputtheissueontheballot,alongsidethestate’spresidentialprimary.SinceGeorgiafirstallowedlocalgovernmentstoholdreferendumsonSundaysaleslastyear,votershaveapprovedthepracticein129outof154instances,oftenbyhugemargins.LastyearinTexas,attemptstoturn“dry”localit
4、ies“wet”succeededon57outof64occasions.InWestVirginiameanwhile,thestatelegislaturehasjustpassedabillallowingliquorstorestoholdtastingsessions.Itistheninthstatetoapprovesuchameasuresince2009.“Theworldisgettingwetter,”exultsFrankColemanoftheDistilledSpiritsCounci
5、loftheUnitedStates(DISCUS),anindustrygroup.ItisnotjustdrinkerswhoarebenefitingfromalooseningofpuritanicalregulationsaroundAmerica.Massachusettslastyearbecamethe24thstatetoallowcasinosinsomeform.Ohiodidthesamein2009,andMarylanddidin2008.Maine,nottobeoutdone,has
6、justissueditsfirstcasinolicence,andalsoliftedabanonfireworksatthebeginningoftheyear.RhodeIslandlegalisedfireworksin2010,andwillholdareferenduminNovemberaboutexpandinggambling.Thistrendisnot,sadly,theresultofasuddenrenunciationofpaternalismbystategovernments.Ra
7、ther,itstemsfromthestates’direfiscalstraitsintheaftermathoftherecession.“Statesarelookingforasourceofrevenuebeyond[directly]taxingtheirresidents,”saysHollyWetzeloftheAmericanGamingAssociation,whichrepresentsgamblinginterests.MandyRafooloftheNationalConferenceo
8、fStateLegislaturesputsitmorebluntly:“Stateshavebeensodesperateoverthelastfewyearsthatthey’relookingateverything.”OfficialsinMassachusetts,forexample,havesuggestedthatthethreecasino
