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The Disaster That is Washington State

Dear Client:In a warning to other control states who are considering privatization, the general consensus on Washington State several months into their experiment is that it is a disaster. Residents are flowing into liquor stores in neighboring states like Oregon and Idaho to buy liquor because of the sticker shock in Washington. Here's the deal: What Washington state residents are discovering is basic math: For a state to collect the same or more overall revenue on liquor sales after privatization,

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