BID FOR 145% BEER-TAX HIKE

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By CHARLES HURT
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Last updated: 9:58 am
May 21, 2009
Posted: 2:25 am
May 21, 2009

WASHINGTON -- Drunk on power and dazed by ambition, members of Congress have stumbled upon a novel way to keep their spending binge rolling -- and leave American taxpayers with the hangover.

Under a Senate proposal, Congress would raise the federal excise tax on beer by 145 percent to more than $3 a case.

Uncle Sam also would snatch an additional $7 on a case of wine -- a staggering increase of 233 percent and an additional 20 percent on hard liquor sales.

"Buzz-kill doesn't even begin to describe this invasion," said a GOP congressional aide.

Not content just sticking it to alcohol drinkers, the lawmakers also proposed slapping new taxes on soda.

Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) were quick to say they do not necessarily support the proposals they pitched. They were tossing them out there only as options for paying for President Obama's proposed massive government takeover of the health- care industry.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/05212009/news/nationalnews/bid_for_145__beer_tax_hike_170336.htm

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WOW.... Stupid is and Stupid does

[SwoopSJ]

I'm thinking that when you're in the middle of a recession and lots of people are out of work, it might not be the best time to hike taxes on alcohol.  I don't drink, but if people are unemployed and forced to be sober... .  They should probably be giving us free drinks and dinner, since their planning on screwing us.     Heck, even a kiss would be nice.   

Swoop

 

[fightingquaker13]

Three words.
Get a rope!
On a more pleasent note if they were to leagalize pot and tax it at the same rate as booze or tobbacco......
FQ13

[blackwolfe]

I'm surprised they are not calling it a user fee instead of a tax.  I thought they might want to avoid the T word.  I guess they learned nothing from the Tea parties.

With all the crap going on in DC with bailouts, regulations, spending, nanny state intiatives, company takeovers, enviromental nonsense, etc., the a$$holes in DC have Kalifornicated the rest of the country.  The fiscal policies are nothing but the largest ponzi scheme ever and it will collapse.  The average citizen, even above average citizen, can't afford this and that is the plan.  Government will make life so burdensom that the government will be the only entity that can "save" the people, hence more government rescues and more reasons to tax and regulate.  Of course the "rich" will have to pay more of their fair share.  No country can prosper under these types of policies and intiatives.  I'm afraid our days of a prosperous, powerful nation are past.

I think we all need to get that secret hidden compound and bunker up.

Rant is NOT off, just temporarily suspended.  And yes, it has been a bad week at work.    

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[tombogan03884]

I'm surprised they are not calling it a user fee instead of a tax.  I thought they might want to avoid the T word.  I guess they learned nothing from the Tea parties.

With all the crap going on in DC with bailouts, regulations, spending, nanny state intiatives, company takeovers, enviromental nonsense, etc., the a$$holes in DC have Kalifornicated the rest of the country.  The fiscal policies are nothing but the largest ponzi scheme ever and it will collapse.  The average citizen, even above average citizen, can't afford this and that is the plan.  Government will make life so burdensom that the government will be the only entity that can "save" the people, hence more government rescues and more reasons to tax and regulate.  Of course the "rich" will have to pay more of their fair share.  No country can prosper under these types of policies and intiatives.  I'm afraid our days of a prosperous, powerful nation are past.

I think we all need to get that secret hidden compound and bunker up.

Rant is NOT off, just temporarily suspended.  And yes, it has been a bad week at work.   

AMEN !  It used to be tradition in the lands of the British commonwealth to rob and or kill the taxman, perhaps we should ALL become traditionalists.
When the USSR had to cut Vodka and tobacco production in the 80's it led to riots that left hundreds dead.

[deepwater]

if they do this they just may have people taking up arms and rebelling. myself, I think I'll try brewing my own.   

[NavyVet]

I figured this would be coming. They did it to tobacco products to fund their little "feel good" projects, and the rest of the country let them do because tobacco is "evil". As a result, a lot of working stiffs gave up tobacco, and now they are not getting as much revenue as they had hope for, so now they are gonna make up for it by going after alcohol.

Need I tell you what they'll tax to death next?       

[tt11758]

I figured this would be coming. They did it to tobacco products to fund their little "feel good" projects, and the rest of the country let them do because tobacco is "evil". As a result, a lot of working stiffs gave up tobacco, and now they are not getting as much revenue as they had hope for, so now they are gonna make up for it by going after alcohol.

Need I tell you what they'll tax to death next?       

Mickey D's?

[mudman]

WHAT WORK   ??