When Kansas was looking at changing their liquor laws they did it the correct way they based it on research. And they put a good proposal on the ballot unlike the hodgepodge attempts we have had lately.
A research paper prepared by KU business professor Art Hall
“Common Sense Reform for Kansas: How updating outdated alcohol laws will grow state revenues and spur economic growth”, offers plenty of positive reasons for updating Kansas liquor laws.
A few highlights from the 19 page paper include;
“Deregulation over time could result in 15,000 new jobs, $340 to $350 million in extra wages, and roughly $72 million in increases tax revenues annually to state and local governments once all the economic adjustments took place.”
“Research suggests Kansas would have 25 percent more grocery stores, 34 percent more convenience stores, and 58 percent fewer liquor stores if his proposal were adopted. This means Kansas could expect 116 more grocery stores, 449 more convenience stores, and 341 fewer liquor stores.”
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Deregulation proposal would help viability of convenience and grocery stores in rural areas."
Here is a link for the full report:
http://www.jobsforkansas.com/wp-cont...1-13-11_D1.pdf
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