Prohibition ended in 1933, yet seventy-nine years later consumers in Indiana are still affected by its continuing impact. Indiana is one of just three states that do not allow Sunday carry out sales of beer, wine, and liquor. Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, and Kentucky are all benefiting of this law. The tax revenue generated to the states surrounding Indiana should be going to the state of Indiana. The ban of the sale of carry out alcohol on Sunday’s should be lifted in Indiana because, the year is 2012 and religious views should not be dictating consumers lives, thousands of dollars of tax revenue can be gained, it will increase sales to small businesses, and it would also make football fans happy to not have to rush on Saturdays to get their beer before Sunday. Hoosiers should be allowed to buy any form of alcohol and any amount of alcohol on Sundays. It is important to understand the meaning of why laws like banning liquor and beer sales on Sunday are put into effect. Indiana is one of many states that maintain a ban on Sunday liquor sales, even though Sunday sales of alcohol could bring in much needed revenues to the state. Sunday closing laws, often referred to as “blue laws,” generally proscribe all labor, business and other commercial activities on Sunday. These laws prohibit activities ranging from racing motor vehicles and dogs, hunting, operating pawnbrokers, conducting “games of chance,” operating adult-oriented establishments, and selling motor vehicles: “These are old blue Collar laws, which date back to the 1700’s. They were originally enacted to enforce the observance of Sunday as a day of worship and they restricted everything from shopping for a car to the sale of booze” (Hladky 2009). This imposes on people in Indiana other people’s
