Boozing the budget
The AP reports some telling numbers this morning:
A new poll shows nine out of 10 Pennsylvania voters regard the state’s budget problems as serious and a majority favor selling the state liquor stores to help avert a multibillion-dollar shortfall.
The survey released Wednesday by Connecticut-based Quinnipiac University found 60 percent of voters view the situation as very serious and 33 percent think it is somewhat serious.
Two-thirds support a plan advocated by Republican Gov.-elect Tom Corbett to get the state out of the liquor and wine business, even though lawmakers have scuttled similar efforts in the past. Corbett says selling the state stores to private operators could generate $2 billion.
What do you think? Feed the Feed: should liquor stores privatize to help fill budget gaps?
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