"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
PA Gov Vetoes Privatizing Liquor Sales: "It would raise prices and reduce selection."
"I suppose this remains in the realm of 'speculation' for the time being, but it’s difficult to imagine that even Wolf believes the line he’s trying to sell here. Far more likely, as Adler suggests, is the fact that the Governor is interested in hanging on to his office and, were he to dump the PLCB, he would be angering the public workers unions as well as some powerful, well connected donors who don’t want to see privatization disrupting the very comfortable situation they’ve been enjoying under the current system. It’s a blatant sell-out which consumers in the state shouldn’t have to tolerate."
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