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Originally Posted by jmagnus
It's the small neighborhood bars that are in danger. It's only been a few days but we have already had 3 bars close down. It was the ones that were barley hanging on to begin with and the ban was the straw that broke the camel's back.
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This is totally hilarious - I would doubt most patrons would even KNOW within a few days' time. If these bars are that poorly off, it's specious at best to blame a law for their ultimate demise, and probably impossible to dissociate cause and effect here. How many bars only carry enough money for a few days' nut (including rent, power, etc.)? There's not a single business that operates this way on Earth, at least no successful one - do they pay utilities by the week or day?
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Originally Posted by jmagnus
So for all of you that think the ban only inconveniences smokers, guess again. It goes a lot deeper than you think. A lot of good people are going to be standing in the unemployment line quite soon.
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Did you not read my point to Earp? Or my point on market forces and their inapplicability?
I seriously doubt this will result in a long-term loss in the total number of beers drank - and any loss in cigarette revenue will almost assuredly be made back by public health gains. After all, that's why cigarettes are taxed in the first place.
Anecdotes do not equal evidence.