The story I've heard is that the smaller "mom and pop" liquor stores want Sunday closure so that they don't have to compete with the big chains and so that they can have a day with their families. I can appreciate that,
While I can see your argument about sales tax, the real argument is that people near the border will just drive to a neighboring state and buy from them, providing revenue to that state instead of IN.From a monetary standpoint, I don't see a real benefit to the State by opening on Sundays. They will collect more tax revenue from grocery retailers (no question on this one), but less from bars in theory. The excise taxes collected will remain the same as they are not driven by the retail price, but more by quantity sold like with gasoline.
The sales tax collections, however, I maintain would be less on Sunday alcohol sales. The logic is that sales taxes are based on retail price and no one would question that retail prices for a 12-oz beer that was purchased at Kroger as part of a case is about 25-50% the retail price for that same beer in a bar. Less sales = less sales taxes = less appealing to the General Assembly.
The State will also take on a larger financial burden for excise policing, which should IMHO fall under the jurisdiction of the local and county LEOs anyway like it does is some other states.
I'm sure there's enough drunks in the legislature to promote this......
One must abuse alcohol to believe that government should not interfere in the marketplace?
that "serious" drunk driving laws will probably never exist.
that "serious" drunk driving laws will probably never exist....
Besides, government has BECOME the marketplace, and yes government does control it.
Not really trying to argue with you, but just to point out the fact that the drunk driving laws in the US in general are very lax. In HS we had an exchange student from Polland, he was 17 at the time. The thing he missed most? Drinking ... In Poland you can legally drink at 16, but not drive until 18. I posed the question about problems with drunk driver etc. He said its not a problem because their laws regarding drunk driving are very strict. You get caught driving drunk, you lose your license for life. You get caught driving drunk without a license (ie 2nd offense), you go to prison.How do you think Indiana's laws are not "serious"? How do you define "serious"?
Trust me you do not want this to pass on Sunday sales.
I promise you prices WILL GO UP do to distributors having to go to a 6 day work week and liquor stores having to have added payroll cost.