Politicians feared that chaos could ensue, and some politically sensitive lines could close, if the system went from rigid state monopoly to free-market free for-all overnight.

政客们担心，如果金融体系一夜之间从僵化的国家垄断变成全民自由市场，那么混乱可能随之而来，一些政治敏感路线也可能会随之关闭。

It inherited a huge number of customers from its days as a state monopoly, some of whom could be paying over the odds because they have never looked for a better deal.

该公司从作为国家垄断企业时便继承了一批庞大的客户数量，其中一些客户甚至能出高价支付而从来不寻找更实惠交易。

The legislature in New Hampshire (motto: “Live free or die”) recently considered a bill that would have allowed shops that already had licences to sell beer and wine to buy spirits in bulk from the state monopoly and resell them.

新罕布什尔州的立法机构（口号：“活得自由，死得光荣”）最近审查一项议案，该议案允许已经拥有出售啤酒和葡萄酒执照的商店从国家垄断商店大量购进烈性酒，在进行转卖。