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No mention of structural shift costs, tax implications, cross-border sales, impact on consumption, changes in alcohol-related problems, etc. Just a magic $800M for schools.
I guess as long as the tree-gnat or whatever isn't harmed.
The article doesn’t say that regardless of who is in control of liquor sales, there will still be jobs. Just maybe not at $21.48 an hour.
The dinosaur must die.
In PA I asked for a wine recomendation. They are not allowed to recommend any product. They are merely clerks and cannot give opinions on the products they sell. It should be better when privitized and knowlegeable sales people can actually help you make a decision.
We’ve got the most screwed up liquor laws in the country here in Pennsylvania. The only thing I liked about living in Jersey was that I could pick up beer and wine in the grocery store.
Baloney, it just gets dumped into the General Fund.
Worked in a Pa. liquor store my last year of college. We had a lot of rules about recommendations. Wine selection was poor then and hasn’t gotten noticeably better. They have more on-line than in the stores though.
Can’t buy beer in the state stores either so that’s two stops for a party. Hours and locations are limited as well.
Neighboring states reap the benefits in sales. NJ, Maryland benefit the most.
This is a good thing for the state and long overdue.
The government should not be in any business. It should not be selling liquor. The media of course want the government to take over ALL businesses (see the communist manifesto) so they are unhappy.
These people have years of experience selling liquor. They can find a job easily.
And getting the state out of a business it has no business being in.
Will someone do an equally competent job in that position for fifteen dollars an hour and no benefits? She needs to show the private ownership to come that she is worth what she's been paid. Remember, a state store doesn't have to make a profit, unlike a private business.
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I remember when I moved from Ohio to Indiana I was surprised you could go into most any beverage or food store and buy booze.
Forty year ago I was a security guard at the gigantic PA state liquor warehouse near the Philly airport.
Inside the warehouse was packed on pallets to the ceiling with every imaginable brand and description of booze, most of which I have never seen anywhere in my adult life.
Booze came in by railroad car on a siding in the back. Yup, railroad cars full of Johnny Walker, etc.
During the day and army of workers would pack full-sized truck trailers with a variety of spirits destined for particular state stores and lock up the trailers at the end of the day shift.
Overnight the loaded trailers would sit in the parking lot awaiting the day shift truck drivers with the tractors who would head out on their delivery route.
My job was to make rounds around the trailer parking lot and keep the loaded trailers from being hijacked in the wee hours of the morning. The subcontracting security company that hired me provided my with a loaded .38 for my shift that I would turn over to the next shift, but I had never had any training or certification on any firearm.
I wasn’t there long. I left there to begin my very interesting stint as a “correctional officer” at Graterford prison, a PA maximum security unit.
Back in the 60’s & 70’s I can also recall the “Beer Distributor” in our small Pittsburgh suburb. It was like a drive-through garage where they sold beer and pop, and put it right into the trunk of your car for you.