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[PA] The End Of State-Run Liquor Stores?

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I've heard different figures about the amount of the Pennsylvania deficit. Most estimates of the Pennsylvania budget deficit are in the range of $3 to $5 billion. A good portion of that deficit could be wiped out if Pennsylvania privatized its state system of liquor sales. That could seriously improve Pennsylvania's balance sheet -- to the tune of about $2 billion.

Governor-elect Tom Corbett says he wants to get the state out of the business of selling liquor when he takes office. It's a move that two Republican governors before him have tried and failed but Corbett thinks he can do it. Resistance to liquor sales privatization comes from state employee unions and churches, says one union source.

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I heard Corbett talking about this on a local radio show. I hope he can pull it off.

The way alcohol sales are done in this state is utterly moronic.
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So put me on a highway, and show me a sign.
And take it to the limit one more time...

reply to JukeBoxHero
A good portion of that deficit could be wiped out if Pennsylvania privatized its state system of liquor sales. That could seriously improve Pennsylvania's balance sheet -- to the tune of about $2 billion.

Does the state lose money on liquor sales? How can that possibly be?

The same way the state loses money on everything else.

Hope Corbett can pull this off.