dan420

dan420 t1_ixolj6t wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Liquor stores open? by Lber127

It’s ridiculous. Whether they celebrate it or not, basically everyone gets the day off. There isn’t a huge Native population in MA, just acting like some large percentage of those people will magically work for near minimum wage, at liquor stores, on Thanksgiving if sales were allowed, is silly.

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dan420 t1_ixojwaz wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Liquor stores open? by Lber127

Alright so now you want them to work on a federal holiday? So you can get booze without going too far because you didn’t think ahead?They can celebrate or not however they’d like, they deserve a day of rest as much or more than all the rest of us.

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dan420 t1_iu0dntx wrote

Not everything has to be about it, but believe it or not many people enjoy drinking alcohol. It’s something that people spend money on. It’s heavily taxed so it brings in revenue for the city and state. Boston has many college aged people and young professionals who enjoy going out, buying a few drinks, dancing, and heaven forbid, staying up late. Bars closing by two doesn’t stop people from drinking, those who want too go home or to a party and get drinks from a fridge or cooler, it just stops local businesses and the state from making money off of people drinking. Bars in other major cities stay open later, so a proposal to keep things open later is a totally reasonable time to discuss bars staying open past 1:45 or whatever it is now.

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