Booze Lose: PLCB Proposes Increased Mark-up Price

• August 14, 2014

Get ready to empty the piggy bank because soon you could be paying the government even more for your booze. At least, that’s the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s (PLCB) latest…

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Regulation

Union CEO Calls Majority Leader a Liar

• Nathan Benefield
• June 27, 2014

Union CEO Wendell Young issued a press release Wednesday claiming, “there’s no nice way to put this but he [House Majority Leader Mike Turzai] is not telling the truth…

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The Government Union Billion Dollar Tax Hike

• Nathan Benefield
• June 11, 2014

In 2012, Americans paid more in taxes than they did for food, clothing and shelter combined. In Pennsylvania, residents labor under the 10th highest tax burden in the…

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Regulation

Archaic Laws and Eight-Foot Walls

• June 4, 2014

Pennsylvania’s Prohibition-era liquor laws did nothing but provide headaches for two entrepreneurs, demonstrating yet again the absurdity of our state liquor code. Danya Henninger at the Philadelphia Inquirer…

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Regulation

Booze Monopoly Bad for Business

• April 1, 2014

This winter, a snow storm knocked the power out at the Continental Tavern, but Frank used a generator to keep his doors open and his customers in good spirits. The…

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The PLCB is failing taxpayers and entrepreneurs

• March 31, 2014

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Wine, Dine and Bribe — the latest PLCB revelation

• March 24, 2014

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Wine, Dine, and Bribe

• March 18, 2014

“Today’s featured wine has notes of bureacracy, boondoggles, and waste, with a lingering aftertaste of corruption. May I interest you in this PLCB blend?” Unlike a fine wine, the PLCB…

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Regulation

PLCB Monopoly Breeds Corruption and Cronyism

• March 17, 2014

For Immediate Release Commonwealth Foundation Contact: 717-671-1901 PLCB Officials Used Public Positions for Personal Gain State monopoly has culture of corruption and cronyism on the…

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