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September 15, 2005

Maryland and Wawa

A friend of Atlas Blogged recently forwarded us an excellent Walter E. Williams article pertaining to minimum-price gas laws in the state of Maryland. "At each of the 20 gasoline pumps, there was a sign posted that Wawa would no longer dispense free coffee to its gasoline customers. Why? The station was warned that dispensing free coffee put it in violation of Maryland’s gasoline minimum-price law," writes Williams.

This was one year ago.

As of a week ago today, DC and Maryland ranked first and third, respectively, for the highest priced states in the nation for a gallon of regular gasoline. With prices still hovering well above three (3) dollars a gallon, I wonder if the Bel Air, Md, Wawa has returned to its free coffee policy.

Of course, this is not something that I'll be able to find out for myself. Wawa, the Wal-Mart of convenience stores, is not welcome in anti-business Montgomery County, which has an acute phobia of successful business models and laissez-faire, competitive prices.

Hat Tip: A.Mason

Related: Ashley at Bilges gets straight to the point.

Rammage Posted by Rammage on September 15, 2005 at 08:34 PM

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Comments

This story places me beyond the capacity for rational thought. No free coffee. By law. But you can charge for it. It's the same confusion I have over the prohibition of prostitution, only in reverse.

Coffee. Prostitutes. This is what America is supposed to be all about.

Posted by: Wulf at September 16, 2005 7:50 AM

A loophole in the system?

So if a man pays a prostitute for a cup of coffee, and she, in turn, provides free s3x, would that be legal?

Or have we somehow violated a minimum-price coffee law?

Posted by: rammage at September 16, 2005 10:05 PM

I think I had a date like that once. Did *not* get arrested. Loophole indeed!

Posted by: wulf at September 17, 2005 10:43 AM

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