The BEER Act – Chutzpah & Hypocrisy
Sonntag 4. Oktober 2009 von htm
Joseph A. Califano, Jr. says in his blog. “I have two awards to present this week—one for Chutzpah and the other for Hypocrisy.
The First Annual Chutzpah Award goes to the Beer Institute and Brewers Association. The beer merchants’ lobby “proudly announced” last week that it had lined up (lined the pockets of?) 218 members of the US House of Representatives to sponsor legislation to roll back the federal excise tax on beer.
The First Annual Hypocrisy Award goes to Representative Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) and Tom Latham (R-IA) and the 216 other House members who cosponsored the BEER bill to cut the tax on beer in half which will reduce the cost of beer and make this drink fit even more easily into the weekly allowances of teens. As matters now stand, the alcohol industry gets almost 20 percent of its profits from underage drinkers. By lowering the tax and hence the price–but not their profits–the beer merchants are sure to get even more underage drinker dollars. (Source: The Chaiman’s Corner, 10/2/09) (with our online comment)
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