Posted on 10/27/2011 9:42:16 AM PDT by MichCapCon
On Oct. 24, the Mackinac Center dispatched letters that made 15 major and explicit recommendations for reform of Michigan’s alcohol control system to Gov. Rick Snyder’s 21-member Liquor Control Advisory Rules Committee. The advisory committee first met in August and is due to make recommendations to the governor for reform as early as mid-December. We suggest that the committee and Gov. Snyder reform boldly.
The 15 major ideas presented below are by no means the only reform ideas we intend to make, but they do represent some of the most wide-ranging and beneficial ones. Where appropriate, I've added nuance and detail for Capitol Confidential readers that were left out of the original letter.
Eliminate beer and wine distributor monopoly mandates. Strip from the Michigan Liquor Control Code the mandate that suppliers of beer and wine grant exclusive sales territories to a select group of wholesalers.
These protectionist stipulations result in consumer dollars simply being transferred to distributors. Wholesalers provide valuable services, but supplier-wholesaler relationships should be voluntary, not coerced. The code seems rife with legal privileges accorded to millionaire monopolists. The exclusive territories mandate is unfair, unnecessary and costly to consumers.
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Hold them by the ears?
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