tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post7183776899795087111..comments2024-03-13T11:10:25.333-04:00Comments on Why The PLCB Should Be Abolished: House Liquor Control Committee passes HB790 to the House for considerationLew Brysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-59803739653571991432013-03-19T16:54:14.813-04:002013-03-19T16:54:14.813-04:00Find a bridge, troll. No one was ever talking abou...Find a bridge, troll. No one was ever talking about 3-5 billion. What's more, if the transitional costs are $1.4 billion under THIS bill, I'm a monkey. You guys need to Google "apples" and "oranges" and take a hard look at the differences. Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-3603456681422228302013-03-19T16:32:16.823-04:002013-03-19T16:32:16.823-04:00The Guvs own PFM report puts the transitional cost...The Guvs own PFM report puts the transitional costs at about 1.4 billion dollars. Look good when Turzai was talking about a 3-5 billion dollar windfall, not so good at the 2.3 billion he seemed to settle on last year. At 800 million all I can say is their math sucks. They need to get a calculator.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06288191030570490823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-54367423981162105062013-03-19T01:16:22.339-04:002013-03-19T01:16:22.339-04:00By the way, your math sucks. $1.2 million in unemp...By the way, your math sucks. $1.2 million in unemployment, $156 million a year? The concept is bogus, but $1.2 million a month comes out to $14.4 million a year. Get a calculator.Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-22091301745031023672013-03-19T01:14:16.204-04:002013-03-19T01:14:16.204-04:00Okay, let's take that:
So now we are seeing w...Okay, let's take that:<br /><br /><i>So now we are seeing what is really going to happen....<br />*Cost of licenses going down</i><br /><br />Maybe. The bill is likely to be amended in the House, and no one really knows what the Senate will do. We really need some remedials on how the Legislature works.<br /><br /><i>*Prices for booze going up</i><br /><br />See above. If license fees come down a bit more...probably not. <br /><br /><i>*LCB in Harrisburg will still have their cushey jobs</i><br /><br />Who, the regulators? Yeah, so what? There are a LOT of cushy jobs in Harrisburg. If it bugs you, let's get to work on the Turnpike Commission.<br /><br /><i>*The big "wind-fall" not so big anymore.</i><br /><br />See my argument in previous post: I don't care if there is ANY windfall. Besides...any windfall at all is found money, by definition. This is a non-point. <br /><br /><i>*5,000 low-level employees without jobs</i><br /><br />No, about 3,200 full-time state jobs cut, about 1500 part-time. There's a difference, because...<br /><br /><i>*$1.2 million in unemployment per month<br />*$156 million in unemployment per year<br />*Stagnant job market to replace these jobs.</i><br /><br />That's assuming there are NO jobs created by privatization. That's what the union tells us, but that's ridiculous. Grocery stores adding beer and wine...okay, maybe not so much. But if Total Wine and other booze superstores come to PA -- and they say they will -- that's new stores: jobs created. If beer distributors buy all-alcohol licenses, they'll need wine and spirits buyers, they'll need to expand: jobs created. Wholesalers, warehouses, trucking: jobs created. And if the PLCB clerks are as good as they keep telling us? They should easily be top candidates for these jobs. <br /><br />But the bottom line is that the State should not be running a crappy retail monopoly as a jobs program in the first place. What if the State had created a Pennsylvania Lighter-than-air Compliance Bureau back in 1934, that still employed 5,000 union workers to inspect the 4 blimps a year that flew through Pennsylvania? Would you want to keep them employed? No, because a smaller number of private blimp mechanics could handle the job much more efficiently. Well...guess what?Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-78134912059512010232013-03-19T00:46:17.229-04:002013-03-19T00:46:17.229-04:00So now we are seeing what is really going to happe...So now we are seeing what is really going to happen....<br />*Cost of licenses going down<br />*Prices for booze going up<br />*LCB in Harrisburg will still have their cushey jobs<br />*The big "wind-fall" not so big anymore.<br />*5,000 low-level employees without jobs<br />*$1.2 million in unemployment per month<br />*$156 million in unemployment per year<br />*Stagnant job market to replace these jobs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-91456532778265265292013-03-18T20:08:28.036-04:002013-03-18T20:08:28.036-04:00Yeah, the sixpack limit is just silly. There shoul...Yeah, the sixpack limit is just silly. There should be no limits at all on this, and I'm going to be yelling as loudly as possible for that. There's no reason for it. <br /><br />This bill also "only" gives an $800 million windfall. That's where some of it went.Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-28989900638344023502013-03-18T20:06:14.826-04:002013-03-18T20:06:14.826-04:00If I read this amendment correctly, a distributor ...If I read this amendment correctly, a distributor with an "enhanced" license won't be able to sell a four pack of 12oz bottles (common in craft beer, as you know). The four pack requirement is 88oz? I'm assuming the person who drafted this doesn't buy or drink beer. <br /><br />The "enhanced" license fee for distributors in this amendment is suspiciously low...Rufusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-89506761056719095132013-03-18T15:45:11.427-04:002013-03-18T15:45:11.427-04:00Full text is here: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cf...Full text is here: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billInfo/billInfo.cfm?sYear=2013&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=867Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-591881213265091346.post-44026912135401867812013-03-18T15:23:19.097-04:002013-03-18T15:23:19.097-04:00what does the amendment change?what does the amendment change?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com