Posted on 04/08/2020 7:08:33 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
There may be a resurgence in bootlegging but in today’s world, I suspect many residents of PA will just order their alcohol online from out of state sources for even less than they’ve been paying. This governor may just put the PA state stores out of business which will only hurt state revenues that much more.
It does show you that the governor didn’t want to close the beer distributors while had no problem whatsoever closing the Wine & Spirit Shops. The only difference that I can see is that one is private and the other is 100% state owned. I guess we’re free to draw our own conclusions about that.
Pennsylvania strictly controls who can ship alcohol into the commonwealth. Some wineries are allowed to ship, most cannot. I’m not aware of any out-of-state distilleries that can ship hard liquor to Pennsylvania residents. I think that is why the in-state distilleries rapidly sold-out of product — there is no viable alternative.
Don’t hold your breath on privatization. Particularly under the current administration... but honestly even if it were a GOP Governor I wouldn’t hold my breath on it happening.
We live in PA just about 25 miles from the NY/NJ border. Makes absolutely no sense to induce people to travel to Orange County,NY with around 4,000 cases of Covid 19 to pick up spirits.
If the gov’t got out of the liquor store biz, they would not have to make tax payers fund pensions for all those folks.
Occam’s Razor Answer: Yeah, but they’re so deep in the red that they can’t possibly bear to part with the revenue.
I am sure, given the Commonwealth state’s use of control to restrict it’s resident’s freedom, there are some restrictions on shipments of alcohol from out of state.
However, I know that my brother who lives in PA has his vodka shipped in by the case. I don’t recall where he buys it from though.
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