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stockula

stockula

Anchorage, AK
May 2003

APR 13, 2008 01:57 PM

We broke away from England over this sort of thing.

Higher state tax on beer?
ASSEMBLYMAN BEALL PROPOSES BIG INCREASE

By Mike Zapler
Mercury News Sacramento Bureau
Article Launched: 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.

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_8888028?source=rss

They will next tax the food they deem you shouldn't eat.

PointBlank

PointBlank

New York, NY
November 2004

APR 13, 2008 02:01 PM

stockula said:
We broke away from England over this sort of thing.

.



Somehow I doubt you'll be dumping your beer into the Pacific to protest.

RedBstrd

RedBstrd

Pomona, CA
April 2004

APR 13, 2008 02:16 PM

Why pluralize it to "democrats"? So far, you have shown one Democrat.

Second, we broke away from England not for taxation but for taxation without representation. Where is the "without representation" part? Work on your metaphors.

Hussein

Hussein

I'm lost
March 2004

APR 13, 2008 03:21 PM

stockula said:
We broke away from England over this sort of thing.



Yeah, but they kept the good beer.

FearTheReaper

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

APR 13, 2008 03:35 PM

Troll

SockPuppet

SockPuppet

I'm lost
July 2006

APR 13, 2008 03:39 PM

Desperation. Poor Stock.

stockula

stockula

Anchorage, AK
May 2003

APR 13, 2008 03:43 PM

SockPuppet said:
Desperation. Poor Stock.



Desperate? It just keeps coming and coming. I am trying to turn the tide here.

SockPuppet

SockPuppet

I'm lost
July 2006

APR 13, 2008 03:44 PM

stockula said:

SockPuppet said:
Desperation. Poor Stock.



Desperate? It just keeps coming and coming. I am trying to turn the tide here.



Exactly...

MisterLinguist

MisterLinguist

Birmingham, AL
October 2005

APR 13, 2008 03:45 PM

FearTheReaper said:
Troll



whatever

stockula

stockula

Anchorage, AK
May 2003

APR 13, 2008 03:47 PM

SockPuppet said:

stockula said:

SockPuppet said:
Desperation. Poor Stock.



Desperate? It just keeps coming and coming. I am trying to turn the tide here.



Exactly...



Do you think raising the tax on beer 1500% is a good idea? Especially when the price of everything else is skyrocketing?

You're going to make us cling to guns and god if you keep this up.

Wheezy_E

Wheezy_E

Boulder City, NV
April 2004

APR 13, 2008 03:48 PM

RedBstrd said:
Why pluralize it to "democrats"?

search "republicans."


sitar

sitar

Philadelphia, PA
June 2004

APR 13, 2008 04:03 PM

stockula said:
We broke away from England over this sort of thing.

Higher state tax on beer?
ASSEMBLYMAN BEALL PROPOSES BIG INCREASE

By Mike Zapler
Mercury News Sacramento Bureau
Article Launched: 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.

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_8888028?source=rss

They will next tax the food they deem you shouldn't eat.



you seem so familiar, yet i still can't place you

SockPuppet

SockPuppet

I'm lost
July 2006

APR 13, 2008 04:05 PM

stockula said:

SockPuppet said:

stockula said:

SockPuppet said:
Desperation. Poor Stock.



Desperate? It just keeps coming and coming. I am trying to turn the tide here.



Exactly...



Do you think raising the tax on beer 1500% is a good idea? Especially when the price of everything else is skyrocketing?

You're going to make us cling to guns and god if you keep this up.



From "nothing at all" to "not a big amount"?

A whole 30 cents? Awwww...

BlastProcessing

BlastProcessing

Knoxville, TN
OLD SKOOL

APR 13, 2008 04:33 PM

I figured it out.

He can't handle syntax. He can't handle sin tax, either.

It's homonyms, people. He can't handle homonyms.

SockPuppet

SockPuppet

I'm lost
July 2006

APR 13, 2008 04:40 PM

BlastProcessing said:
I figured it out.

He can't handle syntax. He can't handle sin tax, either.

It's homonyms, people. He can't handle homonyms.



So, is it the homo he can't handle (ooooo, saucy tongue), or the nyms?

My own theory is that stockula is actually some sort of performance art event, trying to see how far it can go without being spotted and nominated for a prize.

unfiltrator

unfiltrator

San Francisco, CA
April 2004

APR 13, 2008 04:43 PM

BlastProcessing said:
I figured it out.

He can't handle syntax. He can't handle sin tax, either.

It's homonyms, people. He can't handle homonyms.



Homonyms have the right to marry just like anyone else!

felony187

felony187

Denver, CO
June 2007

APR 13, 2008 04:54 PM

Perhaps 180 cents per six pack is excessive. As I think about it that is about the same as the increase in a gallon of gas since the brain-dead one has been Der fuehrer. But are you whining about that one? And what the f&^% your in Alaska with the idiot bridge to nowhere senator. Enjoy your oil revenues.

starbuck42

starbuck42

I'm lost
February 2007

APR 13, 2008 05:03 PM

I take no issue with this tax whatsoever.

SPOILERS! (Click to view)
If I could legally run over the drunk douchebag college kids downtown every weekend, I totally would.

bean

bean

STAFF

Los Angeles, CA

APR 13, 2008 05:05 PM

stockula said:
Do you think raising the tax on beer 1500% is a good idea? Especially when the price of everything else is skyrocketing?

You're going to make us cling to guns and god if you keep this up.



Hi. I'm a Democrat. I think this is a bad idea. There, happy?

For those of you who don't think this is a massively poorly-thought-out proposal, consider that the tax on beer in higher quantities would go from manageable to exorbitant, and it would put bars, restaurants, and others who buy beer in bulk out of business.

Here's the thing though, Stock, it won't get passed. State Assembly members (and US House members, too) from both sides of the aisle regularly make absolutely insane proposals, which get a ton of press and then get shot down. Democracy at work, right there.

From the article:

But the freshman lawmaker will have to lift the legislative equivalent of a full keg of beer over his head to get his tax enacted. That's because it would require a two-thirds vote in the Assembly and Senate - and then, because it's a constitutional amendment, it would have to be approved by voters. Republicans say it's a non-starter.


I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that anyone with half a brain would say it's a non-starter, Republican, Democrat, whatever.

Mike Fox Sr., chairman of San Jose-based beer distributor M.E. Fox & Co., said Beall's heart is in the right place. "He's very dedicated in areas of health," Fox said. "But a tax of that nature is far too grievous. The beer industry produces so much for the economy. He won't get to first base with that."

Dan Gordon, co-founder of Gordon Biersch Brewing Co., calculated that the tax on a barrel of beer would go from $6.40 to $89. "We would all be looking for jobs," he said.

DevilsReject

DevilsReject

Cleveland, OH
February 2007

APR 13, 2008 05:09 PM

To everyone who didn't give a fuck when they raised taxes on cigarettes and said "I don't care, i don't smoke, why don't you just quit?"

I now have something to say to you.

"I don't care, i don't drink, why don't you just quit?"

Out of all the things our administration is doing, i am not going to take arms, attempt to rebel and overthrow over beer.

I am sure you are weeping about that extra 180 cents as you pay for that 2009 Dodge Ram, cry me a fucking river.

ohash

ohash

Columbus, OH
May 2007

APR 13, 2008 05:26 PM

*shrugs* I mostly drink wine.

Bastardo

Bastardo

Boston, MA
January 2005

APR 13, 2008 05:27 PM

Miller Lite should be taxed for being so bloody awful.

FearTheReaper

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

APR 13, 2008 05:29 PM

DevilsReject said:
To everyone who didn't give a fuck when they raised taxes on cigarettes and said "I don't care, i don't smoke, why don't you just quit?"

I now have something to say to you.

"I don't care, i don't drink, why don't you just quit?"



Cigarettes kill.

Beer makes you strong.

bald_eagle

bald_eagle

Indianapolis, IN
November 2006

APR 13, 2008 05:33 PM

DevilsReject said:
To everyone who didn't give a fuck when they raised taxes on cigarettes and said "I don't care, i don't smoke, why don't you just quit?"

I now have something to say to you.

"I don't care, i don't drink, why don't you just quit?"

Out of all the things our administration is doing, i am not going to take arms, attempt to rebel and overthrow over beer.

I am sure you are weeping about that extra 180 cents as you pay for that 2009 Dodge Ram, cry me a fucking river.


"First they came for the smokers. But I don't smoke, so I said nothing."

Uncognitive

Uncognitive

Brooklyn, NY
May 2003

APR 13, 2008 05:34 PM

stockula said:
We broke away from England over this sort of thing.



You should tell that to Zombie Alexander Hamilton and his pal, Zombie George Washington, since the very first tax levied by the federal government after the ratification of the Constitution was a tax on alcohol.

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