Monday, July 13, 2009

It does not stop at 49.5 percent

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    • The same set of people who didn't want terrorism to be politicized are now politicizing India's biggest hooch tragedy - 136 and counting. They are laying it thick and heavy on the Narendra Modi led Gujarat Government. For instance check out this TOI article (opinion piece disguised as news) and this one by the danseuse. However, we will not play politics on this great human tragedy and instead investigate and attempt to find a policy response.
    • However, it is easy to see that simply ending prohibition will not eliminate the problem - the price differential between the illicit stuff and the lowest priced licensed stuff is still too high.