Comments on: Sin Tax Tyrannies http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/sin-tax-tyrannies/ Jay R. Brooks on Beer Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:42:43 +0000 http://beerzine.com/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Gary Frank http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/sin-tax-tyrannies/comment-page-1/#comment-3171 Gary Frank Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:39:35 +0000 http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/sin-tax-tyrannies/#comment-3171 I agree that moving down this road is bad for the industry and for the consumer. The idea that the proposed tax will resolve any perceived problem is a joke. If a tax caused us to buy less beer the tax rate would have to be increased to keep the money coming in to throw away on useless programs. This kind of thought process must be stopped by the people or there will not be cigars, whiskey, or good beers. We will be back in the 60s where a good beer was hard to find. This is a time when we must band together to protect the diversity available to all of us. I believe we all pay too much in taxes, perhaps they should spent less rather than tax more. I agree that moving down this road is bad for the industry and for the consumer. The idea that the proposed tax will resolve any perceived problem is a joke. If a tax caused us to buy less beer the tax rate would have to be increased to keep the money coming in to throw away on useless programs.

This kind of thought process must be stopped by the people or there will not be cigars, whiskey, or good beers. We will be back in the 60s where a good beer was hard to find. This is a time when we must band together to protect the diversity available to all of us.

I believe we all pay too much in taxes, perhaps they should spent less rather than tax more.

]]> By: michael Reinhardt http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/sin-tax-tyrannies/comment-page-1/#comment-3172 michael Reinhardt Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:19:45 +0000 http://www.brookstonbeerbulletin.com/sin-tax-tyrannies/#comment-3172 Jay, I'm really of the opinion that this tax stuff if going to cause a lot of problems if it doesn't get under control. Look at how England has moved more and more toward bitters. They are low in alcohol and are cheap to make. One major reason for this is because of taxation based on alcohol percentage. One thing that I really love about the U.S. is the fact that we have a flat barrel tax on a beer whether it is 5% or 15%. But if some people have their way, we will pay too much tax to begin with and there will be even more on higher alcohol percentage. Higher alcohol equals higher evil, if you will, is the line of thought that we have to be vigilant to watch out for. Some of the proposed hikes are getting out of control. Jay,

I’m really of the opinion that this tax stuff if going to cause a lot of problems if it doesn’t get under control. Look at how England has moved more and more toward bitters. They are low in alcohol and are cheap to make. One major reason for this is because of taxation based on alcohol percentage. One thing that I really love about the U.S. is the fact that we have a flat barrel tax on a beer whether it is 5% or 15%. But if some people have their way, we will pay too much tax to begin with and there will be even more on higher alcohol percentage. Higher alcohol equals higher evil, if you will, is the line of thought that we have to be vigilant to watch out for. Some of the proposed hikes are getting out of control.

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