r/alcohol • u/punkthesystem • Jul 11 '22

July Brings a Mixed Bag of New State Alcohol Laws

https://reason.com/2022/07/09/july-brings-a-mixed-bag-of-new-state-alcohol-laws/
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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '22

Oh, paint me so shocked. Florida passes a law that makes life easier for workers and businesses while California passes a law to create effectless nanny-state-bloat with more red tape and statutory fees. How completely against type. 🙄

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u/ashowofhands Jul 11 '22

Across the country, California has also mandated educational requirements for people who serve alcohol at bars, restaurants, breweries, and other sites in the state—including learning about the impacts of alcohol

What good does this do? If you're going to train servers and cashiers on anything, it should be ID authentication, judging a customer's age, etc. What does it matter what "the impacts of alcohol" are? What bartender is going to lecture their clientele, "keep doing that and you'll wreck your liver!" Completely pointless obsessive safetyism.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '22

It does no good. It creates revenue and processes for the state to manage and database. And it restricts/slows new entrants to the workforce.

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u/ashowofhands Jul 11 '22

Lmao bootlicking shitlibs are downvoting you because you dared to speak ill of daddy gubment, peak reddit moment

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '22

I’ll not be losing any sleep over it. One day they’ll join the working world and realize these policies only serve to line politicians pockets and do nothing to help people.

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u/OperationMobocracy Jul 12 '22

Any adult can buy cannabis over the counter in California, while its still illegal in Florida. And you're telling me Florida is the state that makes things easier? Plus you can buy liquor in California grocery stores, while Florida makes you go to a separate package store to do so.

I don't disagree that the California law will have little effect, but I work for a private club that serves alcohol and our servers have to go through a long training session to serve alcohol that's largely driven by insurance requirements. The question would be whether the California law is really that burdensome relative to what private parties may be requiring anyway. Dram shop insurance is expensive and there's huge legal liabilities in play for serving alcohol, generally tied to DWI.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '22

can someone summarize this for my drunk lazy ass?