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A lot of people wonder why the idiots in government pass silly laws like these.
The first thing to realize is the elected officials who pass these laws are not "idiots" but rather smart crooks. The second thing is it's usually about money!!!! A 16 year old kid who gets his driver's license is forced to pay the state of Arizona $25 for a license that is good until the kid turns 65. With the current silly law, the state of Arizona gets to force the 16 year old to shell out another $25, 5 years later when he turns 21 if he wants to be able to drink. Don't think of it as a silly law, think of it as armed robbery by our elected officials. They know what they are doing. They are not stupid morons. They are very smart thieves.
Buying booze in Arizona may soon get easier for Millennials Alia Beard Rau, The Republic | azcentral.com 5:16 p.m. MST March 24, 2016 The Arizona Legislature is on track to make it easier for Millennials to buy alcohol. House Bill 2031 would overturn a 2014 law that made it illegal for customers over age 21 to buy alcohol using a driver's license issued to them when they were under age 21, even if it wasn't yet expired. These licenses are usually vertical instead of horizontal to highlight that the individual could be underage. The 2014 law was intended to discourage those who obtain a new, horizontal driver's license after turning 21 from passing on their still-valid vertical licenses to someone who is underage and might use it to purchase alcohol or get into bars, something the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control said at the time was a problem. The 2014 regulation was a small part of a large liquor omnibus bill that passed nearly unanimously. Sen. Sonny Borrelli, R-Lake Havasu City, was among the lawmakers who voted for the law. He also introduced this year's repeal proposal. "This is one of them kind of things you think, 'Why is this in statute?' " Borrelli said during a recent hearing on the bill. He said the restriction was negatively impacting tourism revenue. He said he was in a bar recently in Lake Havasu City and witnessed a young Marine recently back from overseas who was turned away because he had a still-valid vertical driver's license from North Carolina. "What we're trying to do is fix this so we're not turning away businesses because a driver license is not shaped right," he said. "It's good for the economy." The bill has an emergency clause on it, allowing it to go into effect immediately if two-thirds of the Senate pass it and Gov. Doug Ducey signs it into law – likely too late for spring break but just in time for summer. It could be up for a final Senate vote as early as next week. If it passes, Ducey has five days to sign it, veto it or do nothing and allow it to become law. |