state run wholesale and retail monopoly with lick tore. vot liquor. we have been through it a year now and we look at the results. critics say kids will drink we will see more car accidents. that has not panned out. you have fewer dui incidents accidents and arrests. you have under aged drinking that hasn t changed. the sky didn t fall. california hired a company to run public parks. the private sector is charging the same fee the state was charging to let people in and do camping fees and things like that. they are paying the states for the privilege of doing that. the state which was losing money and making money. but this is what people would say this can t be. the company says this is a prophet. you have a company making a profit and they are saving you money statement. that gives you a sense of how
and a government shutdown that is putting thousands of people out of work in minnesota is now costing that state millions of dollars. according to the chicago sun times, minnesota could lose tens of millions a month in uncollected taxes. a million bucks a week in lost revenue from camping fees, gift shop and concession sales and another million and a quarter a day in lottery ticket sales. the standoff between democratic governor mark dayton and the republican-led legislature is now entering the eighth straight day. a key ratings agency has downgraded minnesota s debt and one economist estimates the state could lose about $23 million a week in spending power. john yang reports for that state s capitol, st. paul. for him sum ser usually a busy time. today he was working on projects at his father s house and worrying about his bank account.