And another thing...

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Written by Stormin Norman, who commented on the Peoria Pundit site:

Since the end of Prohibition, Illinois law has required wineries and distillers to sell their products to distributors who then sell to retailers, i.e., wineries and distillers are barred by law from selling directly to retailers. With the recent Supreme Court decision to strike down state laws prohibiting interstate wine sales, we should take the next step and tell our lawmakers to fight for consumers by eliminating the middleman (Jacob) when it comes to the sale of alcoholic beverages. Quit lining the pockets of the alcoholic beverage distributors and pass those savings back to the consumer. The day when a Walmart semi trailer is parked at an Anheuser-Busch brewery loading dock will be a welcome sight for imbibers and free market advocates. So how difficult does it now become to change these archaic laws, when the people who would be affected by them hold government positions? Once again, government 'for the people' loses out...

*sigh* My hero!