[Ursus arctos horribilis]

The supremes just gave the OK for internet vino sales.
You say that like it's a bad thing. The problem was that some stupid law was passed against it for some reason long ago.

"There are at least a five hundred different wineries and vineyards in the US and previously the only way to get some of their wine was to either drive there yourself and pay for it, or find it at a wine and liquor store that orders it for you and then pay different mark-up for the different hands it has to pass thru.

I think this is simply the Gov't getting the hell out of the way of the local business."

Irony is lost on some people. Guess it depends on whose ox is being gored, cigarettes bad, mind altering alcohol good?


The supreme court ruled it is alright for wine drinkers to buy on the Internet and avoid state taxes. But, they deny that same right to smokers. Both are legal products, why the difference?

[lockjaw02]

"The supreme court ruled it is alright for wine drinkers to buy on the Internet and avoid state taxes. But, they deny that same right to smokers. Both are legal products, why the difference?"

They didn't do it so that state residents could avoid state taxes. They did it because some states, like New York, prohibited shipping from out of state wineries while allowing shipments from those in state. Funny thing is this lawsuit was brought about by a small Virginia winemaker who had been fighting this un-Constitutional impediment to interstate commerce. Meanwhile, Virginia has been up in arms about how to stem the growing tide of imports of garbage into its landfills from New York.

Nobody cares about how they treat tobacco taxes and shipments because very few farmers still continue to grow it in only a few states.