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uncgop — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:27:25 -0400

we do have a tax on ineffective...it is called the new beer and cigarette tax...by the way...

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greenlamp — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:33:16 -0400

He is luck we don’t have a tax on ineffectiveness.

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ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:21:54 -0400

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Re: One day at a time...

uncgop — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:54:09 -0400

Perhaps I have a drinking problem, although I do not drink, but I know that the tax increase is ridiculous. Easley is just trying to cover his butt before leaving office, because when the next governor takes office it will become apparent as to how ineffective he has been.

One day at a time...

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:43:37 -0400

Think a proposed hike in the beer tax is too steep?

Gov. Mike Easley says you may have a drinking problem.

At a press conference this morning, Easley proposed increasing the tax on beer and wine 4 percent and a separate tax on liquor by 4 percent, Ben Niolet reports.

The money raised would be used to spend $68 million to enhance mental health services by expanding local crisis services and increasing staffing in state hospitals.

Easley noted that would be about 4 cents on a can of beer.

"My thought is, if four cents a can, if that causes somebody economic hardship, then they're probably drinking too much and going to be customers of mental health, substance abuse sooner or later anyway," he said.

Easley on beer tax