They can't close the bars, where would the lawyers, politicians and cops hang out after hours?
Besides, these establishments provide a lot of tax and *other* revenue.
For some reason, drinking is one of the few areas in which the gvt. still feels that an individual should take responsibility for his own actions. People are expected, for some silly reason, to either not drink themselves drunk or get a ride when they're done.
Besides, if they closed all the drinking establishments, where would the working people go to see their favorite sports team lose on big screen TV and get into a fight over it?
