[NobleFree]

[Bernard:] Does the bill include a federal tax? That would be appropriate, as well as a federal license to sell and a required ID card to purchase.

Why is any of that the proper business of the federal government? Do the feds impose licensing and ID requirements for the sale and purchase of the drug alcohol?

The Feds regulate alcohol very closely. Excise tax, labeling,

No federal license to sell or required ID card to purchase there.

mandating 21 as the drinking age,

Is that authorized by the Constitution?

and permitting state distribution and retailing laws to trump rules did free interstate commerce that apply to most other things.

Sorry, I can't parse this; would you please rephrase?

[only1percent]

States in general can’t regulate how you buy goods from a seller in another state. However federal law permits states to regulate and prohibit buying alcohol from sellers in a different state.

[MRadtke]

I don't think the feds mandate a 21 year old drinking age per se. What they did was threaten to withhold highway funding to states that did not comply with the 21 age requirement. Pretty dirty, since that money comes from the states in the first place.