Georgia Debates Sunday Liquor Sales

by Kathy Lohr, NPR

As Georgia deals with a state budget deficit of more than $2 billion, legislators are revisiting a measure that would permit retail stores to sell beer and wine on Sundays. The excise tax from these sales could help raise revenue, because liquor sales remain strong even in the sagging economy. Opponents have defeated similar measures.

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• Morning Edition, February 26, 2009