Buying Liquor In PA Could Get A Lot Less Stupid
January 6, 2011 at 1:40 pm
Great news! The PA government's monopoly on Wine and Spirits shoppes could be on its last legs. The New York Times reports that the good people who brought you the Fresh Grocer wine vending machine (otherwise known as the Pronto) are eager to privatize the complicated, "Soviet-style" system and start selling off state-owned stores in a much needed money grab. Since the state is facing a fairly enormous deficit (like, $4 billion enormous), these sales could be just the cash cow they need to balance the books. Ah, Liquor Control Board - you always manage to find creative solutions to silly booze-related problems! A side note: the author of the NYT article had a damn field day writing this piece:
"Like prisoners in the gulag, consumers here can only fantasize about buying their wine and liquor in a competitive free market."And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how The New York Times sees most fit to describe what it's like to try buying alcohol in Pennsylvania - we don't entirely disagree.