T op 13 Re a son s W h y Gov e Rn me n T - sold Boo z e F ai l s
p e n n sy lv an i a T a x p ay e R e di T i on !
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Big Brother Buys your Booze, you Buyfrom Big Brother, got it, Buddy?
Unlike the American way o choosing or yoursel what jeans,groceries or cars to buy, Pennsylvanians are orced to buy onlythe booze the state says they can buy. Much like Soviet-stylesocialism, consumers and even business owners are compelledby law to buy retail and wholesale rom the government. Eitherdo as you are told or you must break the law, bootleg across theborder and ace the consequences to nd better selections andprices. That isn’t reedom – that’s orce and a arce.
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inaBility to manage a Businessleads to waste
The PLCB poured out $66 million in taxpayer money, nearlytwo-and-a-hal times its original cost, or an inventory systemthat ailed to compute adequate amounts o inventory, causinginitial widespread shortages. This caused massive hoardingby store managers and led to the over-ordering o alcohol. The PLCB stored the surplus inventory in non-temperaturecontrolled trailers that cost an additional $500,000.
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Big Brother Breathalyzers
The PLCB wine kiosk caper has been a customer catastropheand a waste o taxpayer money! Somehow, the PLCB thoughtcustomers would like the convenience o blowing into a publicbreathalyzer and gazing into a state-run camera where ano-site, taxpayer-paid employee veried their sobriety andidentity. Turns out, Pennsylvanians like reedom. The ‘Blow andGo’ asco shows just how inept government can be when theyignore customer needs and try to imitate the benets o reemarkets.
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KiosK caper cost taxpayers!
Ater horrid sales, a high-volume o customer complaintsand requent breakdowns that caused an Auditor Generalinvestigation, super grocer Wegmans pulled the kiosks romtheir stores. Just days ago, Wal-Mart pulled the plug beorethey even got started. Now the PLCB has threatened they mayterminate the wine kiosk contract entirely, claiming the vendoroverbilled taxpayers and owes the state $1 million. But thatwon’t stop this Board rom shoving the kiosks down consumer’sthroats – just weeks ago they threatened to urther their ailureby extending this aulty business model to spirits sales as well.
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pennsylvanians choose freedom!
About 70 percent o Pennsylvania residents support gettinggovernment out o the booze business. This is broad-based, bi-partisan support that nds even the majority o union house-holds want Liquor Liberation!
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the plcB is not a cash cow for taxpayers
More than 80 percent o $500 million in yearly PLCB monopolymoney is generated rom taxes on buyers – both alcohol taxesand sales taxes. But no matter who sells it, the tax collectedwould go to Pennsylvanians! The PLCB wants you to believe thatwithout them, this revenue dries up. Truth is: Privately-ownedliquor stores would produce the same revenue or more, but alsopay additional taxes to the state through corporate income tax,sales tax on their (taxable) purchases, and local property taxes.America was built upon a ree-market system where citizens wereree to make purchasing decisions in a competitive market withoutexcessive government oversight or taxation. Sadly, that’s not trueor Pennsylvanians shopping or wine and spirits today. What is trueis that there are people who prot rom the Pennsylvania LiquorControl Board’s unique monopoly over booze - it’s just not taxpayersor consumers. For every original colony embracing the ree-marketconcept, let’s take a look at 13 reasons why reedom will always losewhen government sells booze.
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