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1. Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Monday, 07-Jan-2019 20:44:03 UTC Bob Jonkman

   • silverwizard
   That's because you live in #Ontario, where #alcohol sales are a government-controlled and -owned monopoly. Because alcohol sales are a revenue-generator for the government they set the price *way* above production costs. After all, how much could it possibly cost to let some potatoes ferment in a bucket?
   • silverwizard (silverwizard@friendica.obscuritus.ca)'s status on Monday, 07-Jan-2019 20:48:33 UTC silverwizard

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     • silverwizard
     @bobjonkman I mean - have you tried to buy booze elsewhere though?
     Also - every single pub I've ever been in, anywhere, has been scary expensive
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   • Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Monday, 07-Jan-2019 22:51:57 UTC Bob Jonkman

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     • silverwizard
     That's my point - try to buy alcohol somewhere else, and *armed guards* at the border will take it away and throw you in jail for bringing in more than what they figure will have a minimal impact on government revenue.
   • Bob Jonkman (bobjonkman@gs.jonkman.ca)'s status on Monday, 07-Jan-2019 22:53:18 UTC Bob Jonkman

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     Never mind what happens when you try to distill your own alcohol - it's even illegal to own the equipment to do it!