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Posted: 3/2/2018 2:32:34 PM EDT
Our state's liquor taxes are insanely high. If you want a nicer $100 bottle of scotch or bourbon, you are going to pay about $130 for it.
I thought it would only take a year or two for the state to lower the liquor taxes after the state privatized the liquor market, but no one seems to be talking about it or even care. Luckily I am able to purchase elsewhere to avoid the stupid taxes. Starve the beast! 
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Posted: 3/2/2018 2:37:22 PM EDT
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When I visit my family on the dry side of the state we usually hop over to ID and pick up a few bottles
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Posted: 3/2/2018 2:39:10 PM EDT
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When I visit my family on the dry side of the state we usually hop over to ID and pick up a few bottles |
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Posted: 3/2/2018 2:42:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I am literally five minutes from the first liquor store in Post Falls and usually do all of my buying there. Plus they carry Blanton's, so it is an easy decision to make the quick hop over there. |
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Posted: 3/2/2018 2:43:40 PM EDT
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My recollection is that when the Initiative forced privatization at the retail level, the State INCREASED the liquor tax. Yet they REDUCED their expenses. I'd love to see analysis of liquor tax revenue since the change.
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Posted: 3/2/2018 3:28:33 PM EDT
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I’m 15 minutes away from Snoqualmie tobacco and liquor
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Posted: 3/2/2018 5:26:12 PM EDT
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My recollection is that when the Initiative forced privatization at the retail level, the State INCREASED the liquor tax. Yet they REDUCED their expenses. I'd love to see analysis of liquor tax revenue since the change. Rob |
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Posted: 3/2/2018 5:59:48 PM EDT
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The Blanton's that cost $60 down in Oregon taste so much better than the $85 bottles of the same stuff in WA. The insanely high liquor taxes add an extra flavor I don't care to drink, unless someone else is paying! Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: I am literally five minutes from the first liquor store in Post Falls and usually do all of my buying there. Plus they carry Blanton's, so it is an easy decision to make the quick hop over there. https://taxfoundation.org/how-high-are-taxes-distilled-spirits-your-state-2016 
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Posted: 3/2/2018 7:18:53 PM EDT
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We have friends that are in with Costco, they spent ALOT of money on getting this done.
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Posted: 3/3/2018 1:45:35 AM EDT
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Class 6 on base now has to be within 5% of off post prices for some stupid reason. Although when they put things on sale it is pretty good Tullamore Dew is 20.35 right now, Glennfiddich is 31.00, beam is 12.50., we just watch the sales and buy in bulk.
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Posted: 3/3/2018 12:33:26 PM EDT
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Thats the biggest reason I started brewing my own beer. Fuck them. Tax avoidance for the win. And its kind of fun to do.
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Posted: 3/3/2018 3:48:54 PM EDT
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Much like rolling my own ammo. It's fun. It taught me a lot about how this stuff works. It's not difficult to do, it just takes time and soe focus. I enjoy it, the production and consumption. It's a big win-win for me.
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Posted: 3/3/2018 7:27:27 PM EDT
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When I visit my family on the dry side of the state we usually hop over to ID and pick up a few bottles
Anybody know of any Indian liquor stores in the Olympia area? Nisqually Tobacco Outlet is great for avoiding the ridiculous tobacco tax, now I just need to find a place to buy Scotch. |
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Posted: 3/4/2018 3:06:57 AM EDT
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Class 6 on base now has to be within 5% of off post prices for some stupid reason. Although when they put things on sale it is pretty good Tullamore Dew is 20.35 right now, Glennfiddich is 31.00, beam is 12.50., we just watch the sales and buy in bulk. Similar to why the Exchange wasn't allowed to sell big screen TVs for decades. Not until like 2005 or 2006... ish. |
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Posted: 3/6/2018 3:41:26 PM EDT
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And you also pay sales tax ontop of the liquor tax so your getting double taxed...wait isnt that illegal...oh right not in WA tax them till they starve is the motto
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Posted: 3/6/2018 10:46:14 PM EDT
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Probably the big grocery stores. Same reason that NG and Reserves weren't able to get unlimited commissary privileges until after 2001. Remember how much they bitched when it was doubled from 12 allowed visits per year to 24? Similar to why the Exchange wasn't allowed to sell big screen TVs for decades. Not until like 2005 or 2006... ish. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Class 6 on base now has to be within 5% of off post prices for some stupid reason. Although when they put things on sale it is pretty good Tullamore Dew is 20.35 right now, Glennfiddich is 31.00, beam is 12.50., we just watch the sales and buy in bulk. Similar to why the Exchange wasn't allowed to sell big screen TVs for decades. Not until like 2005 or 2006... ish. |
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Posted: 3/7/2018 12:00:23 PM EDT
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Just make your own. It's much like reloading. Beer, Wine or "other"
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Posted: 3/7/2018 1:26:23 PM EDT
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Meh, beer and wine aren't taxed that bad.
For liquor i just visit the duty free, it's about a 10min drive. Good deals too, last trip i picked up 3 1.5 liter bottles of Crown Royal for $52, Loaded up on wine from Kestrel, they had a bunch for 50% off over Christmas |
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Posted: 3/7/2018 7:15:49 PM EDT
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Meh, beer and wine aren't taxed that bad. For liquor i just visit the duty free, it's about a 10min drive. Good deals too, last trip i picked up 3 1.5 liter bottles of Crown Royal for $52, Loaded up on wine from Kestrel, they had a bunch for 50% off over Christmas |
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Posted: 3/10/2018 1:14:04 AM EDT
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Meh, beer and wine aren't taxed that bad. For liquor i just visit the duty free, it's about a 10min drive. Good deals too, last trip i picked up 3 1.5 liter bottles of Crown Royal for $52, Loaded up on wine from Kestrel, they had a bunch for 50% off over Christmas |
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Posted: 3/11/2018 12:53:01 AM EDT
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My recollection is that when the Initiative forced privatization at the retail level, the State INCREASED the liquor tax. Yet they REDUCED their expenses. I'd love to see analysis of liquor tax revenue since the change. Rob By doing it the way they did it, they got votes that might not have been there if the initiative read purely as 'make booze cheaper'. |
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Posted: 3/11/2018 12:53:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Where is this duty free? Also, any military base if you have an ID card. |
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Posted: 3/11/2018 9:59:14 AM EDT
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At the Lynden/Aldergrove crossing
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Posted: 3/12/2018 3:26:13 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/15/2018 6:56:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThe good stuff is much cheaper in Oregon. The high taxes make it cost effective to purchase good scotch from Master of Malt and have it shipped over from the UK. |
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Posted: 3/16/2018 4:06:02 PM EDT
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I don't drink, but the parking lot at the interstate liquor store just across the Columbia in Portlandia is nothing but WA plates. Silly states with their taxes.
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Posted: 3/17/2018 4:16:44 PM EDT
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Nevada is pretty cheap I hear..some family would goto Reno couple times a year an bring back cases from down there.
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Posted: 3/18/2018 10:54:50 PM EDT
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We no longer are paying public-employee salaries/benefits to a bunch of minimum wage retail staff... Nor paying government money to lease/maintain storefronts...
By doing it the way they did it, they got votes that might not have been there if the initiative read purely as 'make booze cheaper'. we need fewer public employees. |
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Posted: 3/26/2018 7:54:19 PM EDT
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Hard to beat the sale prices of liquor on base.
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Posted: 3/26/2018 9:34:03 PM EDT
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I don't drink much liquor, but I stocked up last time I drove through CA. But it's been a couple years. And I still have plenty.
Liquor taxes are indeed insane, the best thing about privatization was it brought the taxes to the price tag instead of just hiding them. I really thought with them being that visible, they'd go down, but it hasn't happened yet. All well, drink less, that stuff isn't great for you anyway. |
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Posted: 3/28/2018 12:59:13 PM EDT
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I don't drink much liquor, but I stocked up last time I drove through CA. But it's been a couple years. And I still have plenty. Liquor taxes are indeed insane, the best thing about privatization was it brought the taxes to the price tag instead of just hiding them. I really thought with them being that visible, they'd go down, but it hasn't happened yet. All well, drink less, that stuff isn't great for you anyway.  Says who?
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Posted: 3/30/2018 5:19:19 PM EDT
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I don't drink much liquor, but I stocked up last time I drove through CA. But it's been a couple years. And I still have plenty. Liquor taxes are indeed insane, the best thing about privatization was it brought the taxes to the price tag instead of just hiding them. I really thought with them being that visible, they'd go down, but it hasn't happened yet. All well, drink less, that stuff isn't great for you anyway. 
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