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| Arseen:
Idiocy thickens: Once again one of the ministers gave solution to control the alcohol consuption of the Finnish people: Raise the alcohol tax and price! ::) That is not the first time that has been proposed or even implemented. Heck they do this about once a year. And yes everytime people buy less alcohol from Alko, and because the alcohol brought from Estonia by passangers is not (or cannot be) counted, the alcohol consumption going down... at least officiallly. |
| Arseen:
Yet if I go to the neighboring city of Lappeenranta on any given thursday or Saturday (when the day cruisers return) I can see the bus loaded to the max with beer, cider and booze. 8) And I know many people that go once month to Estonia with their own vans and bring the as much beer as the van can carry. Which BTW is hundreds of liters per person, amount they now way can drink alone or every month. |
| wiggy:
--- Quote from: Arseen on January 17, 2014, 03:30:44 PM --- --- Quote from: wiggy on January 17, 2014, 02:25:22 PM ---I know friends who've driven to Canada to do something similar. Too much time for me to spend acquiring cheap booze (I think the border is like 3 hours away). --- End quote --- Just checked the tme table and that day cruise would actually be 24 hour cruise. Might still take that trip in near future. --- End quote --- If you do, make sure to stop by and say hi :P |
| Arseen:
Me talkings FIN-EST cruise, but if I deside to take my next long vacation on the new side of the pond , sure why not. 8) |
| kimmokissa:
--- Quote from: Arseen on January 17, 2014, 01:11:59 PM ---Hopefully EU will soon end the monopol status of Alko and let the free market system loose. There are still few strong coverment owned monopols left. The three biggest ones are: Lottery, alcohol and passanger trains. --- End quote --- I dont mind about the lottery (Veikkaus). But i do mind about other gambling company (Ray), i want PAF slot machines in the mainland aswell :3. Also personally i think its good to have Alko monopol to keep prices high, because i dont care about alchohol :P. VR is S.H.I.T, never again i shall use it. |
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