The 6 Pack Economist

When they came for cigarettes,  I did not speak up
When they came for porn, I did not speak up
When they came for my beer, I was freaking too drunk to speak anyway.

There is nothing like slaughtering the golden goose.  Oregon wants to raise the tax on a barrel of beer by  about 1900% or something like 2.50 a barrel to upwards of 50.00 a barrel.  If you don’t know a barrel of beer is about 31 gallons or two kegs.  In Pennsylvania a keg will run you about 60 bucks for something descent.  So if this was happening in Pennsylvania it would be an additional 25 bucks or almost a 50% surcharge in the price of keg of beer.  You can decide if you think that this is too much, but for me I think it is just a money grab.

You know that I could not preach about something after this but here goes.  Taxes should never have to increase if they are based on a percentage of something.  By something I mean income, stamps, tea, or beer.  In other words if taxes are taken as a percentage of the cost of something then they will automatically adjust with inflation. 

Unfortunately taxes are taken by a group of people who are not held accountable.  Go over budget and the next year you get more money.  Do poorly with the money you have, just ask for more.  Achieve goals and do it for less then you thought, then you lose your budget to someone who did poorly.  This is why taxes never really go down. 

What really sucks is that for you in Oregon, crying in your beer will cost you a lot more.  Oh and they want to raise the taxes on your cigarettes too.