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PLCB is $30 Million in the Hole

  • Nathan Benefield
  • November 30, 2011

As Jay noted earlier, Auditor General Jack Wagner and a number of defenders of the current government monopoly argue that the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) is a great…

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AG: Perestroika Better Than Freedom

  • November 30, 2011

They may take our wines, but they can never take our freedom!  Okay, maybe they can take both? According to a report posted on Fox 43 Harrisburg today, Pennsylvania Auditor General…

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PLCB: Buy More, Drink Less, Embrace Hypocrisy!

  • November 23, 2011

From the growing library of Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board doublespeak comes a PLCB news release today urging responsible drinking over the holiday season. What’s wrong with that you ask?  Well, nothing if you…

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The Real Housewives of the PLCB?

  • November 4, 2011

From the directors of such fine films as The Great Kiosk Catastrophe, The Inventory System of Doom, and Big Brother Border Bleed comes its latest house of horrors: …

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Highlights from Governor’s Liquor Privatization Summary

  • Nathan Benefield
  • October 25, 2011

Gov. Tom Corbett released a long-awaited study from The PFM Group on state liquor store privatization. Click here for the full study (nearly 300 pages), or here to get…

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Knowles’ Bill Puts Taxpayers Above Special Interests

  • October 20, 2011

Liquor store union president Wendell Young appears to be on a campaign to discredit any lawmaker that favors removing the state’s monopoly stranglehold over liquor sales. You can…

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Is Liquor Liberty Dangerous?

  • October 19, 2011

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board operates with a clear conflict of interest. It is charged with both enforcement and managing sales. It spends millions to advertise alcohol products.

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Day 28,439: Why are We Living Like This?

  • October 12, 2011

Weclome to Day 28,439 of Prohibition II.  That’s right; 28,439 days have passed since the PLCB was created in 1933 to make alcohol as “inconvenient and expensive as possible.”    In that…

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