A new law about small liquor bottles. A nickel so-called deposit, will be charged for the sale of nips. This is an effort to “clean up” bottles usually discarded. How does this work? There is no way to recycle and reclaim the “deposit.” Each “nickel” is sent by distributors to the state. The state then sends money back to towns based on how many nips are sold in that town. The towns can then use their own judgment as to how the money is to be used. No requirement to clean up the nip bottles.

So, what is the net result? Purchasers can’t reclaim their “deposit.” The nips will be carelessly discarded as before. The state gets to control the money. Does this create a new bureaucracy? In all probability, most nips will not be cleaned up, distributors will have to create a new report, and send money to the state, thus becoming more of an agent to the state than they already are, and incurring more cost. Consumers pay more out of pocket.

Once again, government, with best intentions, creates a law that misses the mark, and increases the burden on business, centralized government and consumers.

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