LCB venture leaves bad taste in critics’ mouths

From the PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW:

The fifth best-selling chardonnay on state wine and spirits store shelves is owned by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board….

“It’s inexcusable, in my estimation, that the government spent taxpayer money to brand and market products in direct competition with private industry,” said Jay Ostrich, spokesman for the Harrisburg-based Commonwealth Foundation.

“Should the people who are running the show, from a regulatory standpoint, should they be engaged in making business decisions that, if it doesn’t work out, what are the repercussions for them?” asked state Rep. Thomas Quigley, R-Montgomery County…

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  1. So when a Republican governor sells off state forests to be clear cut and when he gives away tax money to gas companies what is that called?

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