Comments on: Assemblyman Jim Beall’s Beer Tax is Back! http://www.betterbeerblog.com/index.php/2009/04/22/assemblyman-jim-bealls-beer-tax-is-back/ A Beer Blog Helping to Elevate the Status of Craft Beer Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:18:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Derrick http://www.betterbeerblog.com/index.php/2009/04/22/assemblyman-jim-bealls-beer-tax-is-back/#comment-2577 Derrick Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:19:49 +0000 http://www.betterbeerblog.com/?p=289#comment-2577 The facts speak for themselves that while alcohol causes some horrible, dramatic, and unexpected deaths and crimes, poor diet and other health problems quietly take away years away from people’s lives without anyone really noticing. My biggest objection to this tax is not that is that it is a misguided tax, but that it is a regressive tax. Everyone, regardless of income, will pay the same amount per drink. People with lower incomes will be taxed at a higher percentage of their income than those with higher incomes. That’s not a fair tax. If there’s a silver lining, if this tax passes, the big industrial brewers have more to lose, since their customers are more price sensitive than craft beer consumers. The facts speak for themselves that while alcohol causes some horrible, dramatic, and unexpected deaths and crimes, poor diet and other health problems quietly take away years away from people’s lives without anyone really noticing.

My biggest objection to this tax is not that is that it is a misguided tax, but that it is a regressive tax. Everyone, regardless of income, will pay the same amount per drink. People with lower incomes will be taxed at a higher percentage of their income than those with higher incomes. That’s not a fair tax.

If there’s a silver lining, if this tax passes, the big industrial brewers have more to lose, since their customers are more price sensitive than craft beer consumers.

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