Hmmph. Not buying it. Can you still buy liquor at non-govt stores?
Sure. In other states. Not in PA. Wine and liquor is sold only by the state stores.
I used to be in favor of dismantling the state stores, but now I’m not. Not because of the union jobs. But because it is a revenue generator.
If the system were privatized, it would create a windfall from selling licenses. Our politicians would spend all of that and use it as collateral to borrow even more money.
So, though it goes against free market principles, I have to resist change here. Don’t kill the golden goose. Don’t give huge wads of revenue to politicians.