Should this be a law?

Peanut Butter

Your bold to make such a statement. I asked a similar question some time back and got my butt virtually kicked. Be prepared. I agree though. As a part time cashier/customer service employee I see it everyday. People buy their food with food stamps then purchase large amounts of alcohol (and other junk by the way) with large bills (i.e. $50's and $100's). This isn't all people on government aid, but most. There are some who do work the system and take away from those who truly need it. These are the people who contribute the most to the stigma public aid people have. Good question.

jack w

Are there any other rights that you would deny based on social status and economic position?

Terry

You'd simply create an underground market for liquor. We've tried laws on liquor before and they didn't work. And your particular set of rules are even more unworkable.

John D

please. Are you kidding me. I hop you like math or science, because philosophy is not gonna be your thing.

dogguy

I'm all for it, but it will never happen.

Lacey C

Thats a very interesting idea althought I don't think it will work. If you restricted people from getting alcohol due to income they would just find people to get it for them.

J. A. Prufrock

want to solve the homeless problem, fight it at the source, the leading cause of bankruptcy is medical expenses, followed by credit card debt, I think that abject poverty contributes to alcoholism and not the other way around. Also the same people who give bums money for booze would just go in the store and buy it for them, same as they do for underage kids.

prince8814

by far the most original and intelligent suggestion i have ever heard. BRAVO!!!!

russellmania8523

Their are a few problems with this logic. Buying alcohol would become more of a hassle for everyone. I know I wouldn't want to bring my work pay stub every time I wanted to by alcohol. How would people that are retired, they don't even work, so your saying they can't buy alcohol. Some of the bums that I seen are older. How much would they have to make in order to qualify. Are they going to deny liquor to someone that doesn't make a lot. They would also have someone else buy the liquor for them.

nellie

don't try and save the world. your morals are your morals. the rest of us are happy with our morals. if more people minded there own bussiness and quite worrying about everyone elses we may be able to have peace on earth.

gfd_truck7

You would see a rise in crime obviously! Lets remember how prohibition went and lets not forget the "war" on drugs.

bisquedog

Hell no The government invaded a person's privacy enough the way it is. What a person chooses to do with their life is up to the individual. I know a few people who are homeless by choice while I may not agree with their choice the point is it is THEIR choice

joevette

It would be a bad idea because it is discriminatory. I could see preventing people on government assistance from buying booze and would not have a problem with that as tax payers are where their money comes from. The homeless that drink a lot are in most cases homeless because of drinking and not drinking because of homelessness.

karen v

this would create a lot of problems. It would be like drugs ( are they legal) then the people who wanted to dring would find a way. More than likelly they would have people start making moonshine. I think this a crazy idea.

the_buccaru

Then they would have to find an illegal source who would probably sell them crack and they would be worse off.

student_pilot2002

No, the homeless drink mouth wash. yes it will mess you up and yes, it can kill or blind you. In my job, I pick them up almost daily to be brought to the hospital.

Kristina

I don't think so....I think that the crime rate would increase cuz people would still get their hands on alcohol...much like the underage drinkers. The people that are denied their alcohol would probably retaliate, too...I don't think that's a good idea. If they wanted to spend their money on more useful things and be more productive, they would...alcohol has nothing to do with it.

Falafel softball

don't you think there are any other factors to people being homeless other than drinking alcohol? For instance, just one of many factors, some people do drugs, which are illegal, so the government can't say "do you have a job, before you buy these illegal drugs?" People wouldn't follow that law with alcohol anyway.

Kev

1. It's a stupid idea.
2. It would weigh vendors down with too much red tape.
3. It would be just another stupid law for cops with nothing better to do than busts people's balls over harmless schit.

mlynnej

No, this should not be a law. For starters, the problem that most folks are missing is free will. Free will, the will to be able to choose is the only thing, We, The People, have left. If we can't choose our own vices, what does that say about the choices that we make that are not about our vices?

For some innate reason, the past several years have been about trying to save people from themselves or trying to be their brother's/sister's keeper. It can't be done. If you want to start a fuss, just try to keep poor folks/homeless folks from doing something. The fall out would be herendous. Another way to put it would be, one can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

Proud Liberal

Please, please,please, don't tell us that you vote!

killersaint

No, there are always ways to get around laws like this. I was buying alcohol at 16 and cigs at 14. If kids can do things like this, what would make you think that adults couldn't??

patchouli

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