Outrage brewing over proposed 1,900% beer tax hike

[Stormcrow73]

Time to get the old garage homebrew gear going again!

I'm ALL for the 1900% increase in golf taxes btw!!

[1AngryTaxPayer]

It's a regressive tax, people will drink less causing the $ to shrink but you can bet their "budget" won't.

[Coolhand68]

It's BS. If you want to outlaw something, then go ahead, but don't tax us to death and claim you're doing it for our own good.

[seamusnh]

“If that tax is passed it would mean consumers would pay $315 million more (in 2009) to buy the same amount of beer they bought in 2008," De Kalb claimed. "A pint of beer would go from $4.50 to $6.”

How many people will just stay home when the price goes up by 33%? How many cafes and pubs will close? What about those jobs????

[Anonymous Political Junky]

Originally Posted by Bluesbabe

I think you're nuts. Do you want them to tax your soft drinks 1900%? Do you want them to tax your french fries 1900%? Do you want your state to add a 1900% tax on top of ticket sales that already have hefty Ticketmaster fees? Do you want a 1900% tax on your bottled water? What about an extra 1900% tax on over-the-counter pain relievers like Advil, or the solution for your contact lenses? Gee, why we're at it, why not tax condoms and birth control 1900%, too? And maybe tack on a 1900% tax on parks usage and maybe even golf courses?

I've been saying for years that once cigarettes are nearly prohibited (and that's where it's headed, as far as I'm concerned) that interest groups will turn to something else to take away. It's bull$hit.

Yes, it is BS, but since they decided to go after smoking then I am glad that they are finally going after the lushes out there. Next, they need to go after the junk food and fast food people.

[Anonymous Political Junky]

Originally Posted by Coolhand68

It's BS. If you want to outlaw something, then go ahead, but don't tax us to death and claim you're doing it for our own good.

Why not? That is what they used for their excuse for taxing cigs the way they did.

[Houston3]

Originally Posted by Coolhand68

It's BS. If you want to outlaw something, then go ahead, but don't tax us to death and claim you're doing it for our own good.

Taxes are always for our own good...at least that's what they keep telling me.

[Houston3]

Originally Posted by Pedro2008

The Feds are raising the tax on tobacco products 62 cents a pack come April 1st

Where is Al Capone when we need him?

He's in the vault, but Geraldo couldn't fine him..

[texdav]

Wait until they drop the gas tax and start charging by the mile to make those who use the highway the most pay the most.Its coming as revenues from gasoline dropsboth federally and state.

[xlabel]

Heck ya......about time someone else got picked on for a while. I quit drinking a couple years ago,why only 1900%.