These are to serve the particular consumers only and are self-serving. This is not necessarily a bad thing. A television dealer serves only the television-buying community. The net cost to society of alcohol is staggeringly negative. I do not mean to condemn the business owners Mark wishes to protect from taxes as they are providing a legal product that hurts no one when consumed responsibly.
Education provides the skills needed to brew beer or reattach a limb.
That young waiter who served Mark a beer in the pub might save his life someday. Or would have if he had been willing to fund at least the start of her education. In contrast, nearby Cook Inlet's oil tankers lack escort tugs, which results in unsafe oil transport, particularly given the Inlet's enormous tidal range and extensive ice in winter. While Tesoro's use of one, and soon two, double-hulled oil tankers is laudable, even these vessels can spill fuel if their engines have difficulties. Clinging desperately to power, they feel compelled to smear the board and the process.