When A TON Of Money Is To Be Made (Or Lost), Certain Illegalities Will Be Made Legal To Satisfy Corporate Sponsors

As a life long resident in the state of Minnesota, my whole life I have known that the law on the books outlawed Sunday liquor sales. It technically goes back to religious reasons, but this law has been on the books since MN became an official State 159 years ago. 159 years ago!!! This is just crazy to me. We have been forced to drive to Wisconsin if we really need our booze fix on Sundays.

There have been numerous attempts in the past decade or so to try and make Sunday liquor sales legal, but they all failed miserably. So what changed this time around??? Well, to put it bluntly, money. Like usual, where money is to be made (or in this case, LOST) it tends to make politicians do whatever the people waving money in their faces want them to do.

Hennepin county (Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs) was approved for a tax hike to build a new NFL stadium for our beloved Vikings. I'm absolutely not a fan of tax payers subsiding billionaire owners for new stadiums, but that is a topic for another day. The stadium is built and with new stadiums the chance at hosting the Super Bowl is at an all time high. There's just one problem hosting the Super Bowl in MN....no Sunday liquor sales for the mass swarm of people ponying up thousands of dollars to fly here, stay a few days, and enjoy the game, on a SUNDAY. Christmas Eve and New Years eve also happen to fall on a Sunday this year, but I would gander that the MAIN reason was the Super Bowl.

I can hear the phone call in my head right now. "Hey MN politicians, it's me, Roger Goodell (NFL commissioner), you want to have the Super Bowl in your city this year, you gotta make alcohol legal on Sundays." MN politicians: "OK, sounds good. We'll also assemble some really nice tax breaks for you when you visit to sweeten up the deal a bit." Goodell: "Congratulations, you're going to host the Super Bowl".

Why for many, many years could we not get this bill passed? But out of the blue it gets rammed through and gets approved?

My answer, money in politics. I'm not mad about the outcome, more the process of how we came to this conclusion.

Does your state have any laws that have been swayed by money in politics?

Thanks for reading and Steem on!

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