Strong Majority of PA Voters Want Liquor Privatization
June 04, 2013
Latest poll demonstrates continuing public support for getting Pennsylvania out of the booze business The latest poll results show strong, continuing public support for liquor privatization. Moreover, when supplementary questions were asked, support increased. Among those registered Pennsylvania voters polled by Susquehanna Polling and Research, 55 percent said they support privatization. While 41 percent of respondents ...
Main Street Does It Better, Part Two
May 08, 2013 | Regulatory Reform
A short video produced by the National Federation of Independent Business/Pennsylvania sizes the entire issue of liquor privatization up nicely, and should compel the Senate to send the bill to the Governor. Consumers are fed up. Businesses are missing out on opportunities. Pennsylvania is losing tax revenue and jobs to other states. That should make ...
State House Moving Fast on Liquor Privatization
March 13, 2013
Pennsylvania may finally be on the threshold of getting rid of the nagging inconvenience and economic inefficiency of a liquor control system designed in 1933 at the end of prohibition. House Majority Leader Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) has introduced House Bill 720 which is Governor Tom Corbett’s proposal to privatize the wholesale and retail side of ...