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I've gone into state liquor stores and requested bai jiu.  They say the state doesn't buy it and they can't get it.  Perhaps the OLCC is willing, but the retailers I've spoken with won't follow this up.  From my perspective, this leads to the same result: no Chinese liquor.  The system leads to this situation.  It should be changed.

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"Also, in terms of the restricted selection of liquors, it would only get worse in a privatized state. Not only would obscure foreign liquors be more difficult to obtain ..."

Simply not true.  The current status is that bai jiu, the traditional liquor of one-fifth of the world's population, is completely unavailable though the OLCC.  With an end to the OLCC purchasing monopoly, some bai jiu would come into Oregon, at least into the Asian markets if not into specialy liquor stores.

Tax the imports, keep the OLCC as a regulatory and enforcement orbganization, but loose the government stranglehold on purchasing and importing liquors.

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I've long been annoyed by the stranglehold that OLCC keeps on the kinds and brands of liquor allowed into Oregon. I like the sorghum distillates from China, but there are no liquors imported from the PRC in the state liquor stores. San Francisco or Canada are my closest options to find liquors like Mao Tai, Wu Liang Ye or Luzhou Lao Jiao. I hope Oregon moves to a less restrictive system.

For the curious:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bai_jiu

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And thanks again, ever better!

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Thanks!

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I heard part, but not all, of today's program (it has been a busy morning at Gene Tools). Is is possible to stream-on-demand this program? I'd like to listen to the entire program on Philomath later. Thanks!

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