Yeah, I've been following it. I'm not sure I trust the numbers on either side. I support a raise in the beer tax, it makes sense to me. And the beverage distribution lobby in Oregon is a slimy bunch. They were notorious for sending state legislators on junkets to Hawaii and similar stunts until ethics rules were really clamped down on recently. But a raise of a $1.50 a pint? Ouch. I'm guessing that figure is probably alarmist though, just like I don't trust the claim of $0.15.
I'd support a raise of 10 or 20% in the tax, no problems. It would suck, but this is certainly a time of fiscal crisis. I can't see the Legislature passing a 1900% raise though. They like to drink a lot and don't get paid much. I will be calling my reps though. Judah On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > PORTLAND, Ore. -- Five Oregon state lawmakers want to impose a hefty > tax on beer and have introduced a bill that brewers say would cripple > them. > > Four Portland legislators joined a Springfield senator to introduce > Oregon House Bill 2461, which would impose a $49.61 tax on each barrel > of beer produced by Oregon brewers. > > 1900% beer tax proposed! > > http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_021309_news_oregon_beer_tax.126942e1.html > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288773 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
