http://reason.com/blog/2006/11/03/econ-101

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Econ 101

Public health fanatics in Seattle banned 29 cheap brands of booze preferred by poor people from large swaths of the city -- for their own good, of course.  Poor people in Seattle have since switched to the 30th and 31st cheapest brands.

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