On Nov 5, 11:18*pm, "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote:
> "Nancy2" > wrote
>
> > ...and even though alcohol is taxed, it isn't taxed nearly enough, for
> > all the damage it does. *I like Chris Rock's take on bullets - they
> > should cost $5000 each, and then the shootings would be far fewer and
> > farther between - just do that with alcohol and see what happens.

Just because someone in your family couldn't drink w/o ****ing up,
doesn't mean the rest of us should suffer.
>
> > N.
>
> Speakeasies and moonshiners love that kind of talk. *You can be assured the
> government won't do anything to jeopardize that cash cow. *Alcohol use has
> been around for many centuries and it won't go away now. *They tried that
> once already. The only good that came out of it was the TV series The
> Untouchables that made a hero of Al Capone.

Notice that CA Prop 19 failed in Humboldt, Mendocino and Trinity
Counties. I like beer to be available, legal and taxed a reasonable
amount. I wouldn't mind paying a bit more, but not a lot more, and
not if the revenues are used to enable tax cuts for the super rich.

--Bryan