On Nov 6, 6:18*am, Bryan > wrote:
> 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

Not only do I have no alcoholics in my family, I don't even know
any....It's just my opinion, which I can certainly voice without
having a personal involvement.

Why shouldn't alcohol be taxed proportionately the same as tobacco?

N.