Community | July 26, 2008 | 3 comments

Straight Talk: A few questions for John McCain

source: http://www.reason.com/news/show/127584.html

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As we near the major party conventions, here are a few questions for presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain:
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  • Ricky84
  • Hawkmang
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      Hawkmang  

    • Wow! Well, if I get the opportunity to attend one of the town hall debates I'll be sure to bring this list along and pass it around! I thought this one was great:

      "You're highly critical of businesses and corporations that benefit from government handouts and pork projects. And rightly so. But you and your wife's fortune comes from her inheritance of Hensley & Company, a Phoenix-based beer wholesaler and distributor. Beer wholesalers benefit from what's called the 'three-tiered' alcohol distribution system, an anachronistic Prohibition-era law that requires beer, wine and liquor producers to first sell alcohol products to wholesalers, who then sell to retailers. The law essentially mandates a 'middle man' in alcohol sales. It inflates the cost of alcohol for consumers by adding an extra mark-up—the bulk of which goes to huge companies like Hensley. In other words, alcohol wholesaling is a government-created and government-subsidized industry. How, then, does your family fortune jibe with your criticism of corporate welfare and corporate handouts?"

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