Higher state tax on beer?
ASSEMBLYMAN BEALL PROPOSES BIG INCREASE
04/11/2008 01:34:17 AM PDT
SACRAMENTO - Joe Six-pack will have to pay a lot more to get his buzz on if Assemblyman Jim Beall has his way.
The San Jose Democrat on Thursday proposed raising the beer tax by $1.80 per six-pack, or 30 cents per can or bottle. The current tax is 2 cents per can. That's an increase of about 1,500 percent.
Beall said the tax would generate $2 billion a year to fund health care services, crime prevention and programs to prevent underage drinking and addiction.
"The people who use alcohol should pay for part of the cost to society, just like we've accepted that concept with tobacco," Beall said.
He added that the beer tax hasn't been touched since 1991, and the increase then was meager.
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And just watch him get un-elected very quickly. The very adroit politician, Bill Clinton, never considered raising a tax on beer. He raised the tax on everything else, but not beer. He knew. Beall hasn't a clue and so he will be a clueless unemployed person adding to the states unemployment dole.
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