On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:57:10 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:38:31 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 3/21/13 11:30 AM, wrote:

OK liquor store, that license will cost at least $250,000 in Florida
and I imagine any other place that limits the number of licenses.

Huh?

http://tinyurl.com/c73fdqr

That is how much the state charges the lucky winner of the lottery but
the number of licenses are limited and they become instantly more
valuable once you own one.
Depending on what county you live in and the demand the sky is the
limit when you want to buy one.
Typically the state requires you to actually operate under the license
for a while before you can sell it, to avoid speculators.



Ahh, the "private" market. $$$ uber alles, eh?

More like the government restraining trade by limiting the number of
licenses. Any time you limit supply, you drive up the price.
I bet that when those laws were originally passed, the licenses were
doled out to political cronies and people who paid the public
officials directly.
Maryland has a quota system too. (one license per every 1000 people in
the census by county). That is a fairly generous number of licenses
but I bet some counties still have licenses that will sell for 100
grand.

Oh come on. You just said it cost $500K, then when the facts are
shown, you claim that you have to operate first to sell for a profit.
Now you're claiming it's the governments fault for not allowing just
anyone to open a liquor store. Just what we need, more ****ing liquor
stores. There aren't enough, apparently?