Crackdowns on the Cocktail Revival - Tiki Drinks and Food

LL Limbo Lizard Tiki Socialite Aboard the 'Leaky Tiki', Dallas Joined: Aug 24, 2006 Posts: 788	LL Limbo Lizard Posted posted on Fri, Apr 9, 2010 8:25 AM On 2010-04-07 12:58, quickiki wrote: ... Just as an illustration of the insanity in California, some chuckleheads out here are trying to get a measure on the ballot to institute a $5 a bottle tax on wine so they can generate more revenue for the state. How desperate can you get? They're calling it the Alcohol-Related Harm and Damage Services Act of 2010. And it's not just wine: "The proposal would also impose additional taxes on beer and spirits, tacking nearly an additional $6 onto a six-pack of beer and an additional $17 onto a 750-milliliter bottle of distilled spirits." Wow, talk about opportunity to make lots of money, smuggling liquor from out of state and selling it on the black market! But surely this is such an extreme overreach, that even if they get it on the ballot, it has no chance of voters' approval - right?

On 2010-04-07 12:58, quickiki wrote:
... Just as an illustration of the insanity in California, some chuckleheads out here are trying to get a measure on the ballot to institute a $5 a bottle tax on wine so they can generate more revenue for the state. How desperate can you get?

They're calling it the Alcohol-Related Harm and Damage Services Act of 2010. And it's not just wine:

"The proposal would also impose additional taxes on beer and spirits, tacking nearly an additional $6 onto a six-pack of beer and an additional $17 onto a 750-milliliter bottle of distilled spirits."

Wow, talk about opportunity to make lots of money, smuggling liquor from out of state and selling it on the black market! But surely this is such an extreme overreach, that even if they get it on the ballot, it has no chance of voters' approval - right?

Post #523024 by Limbo Lizard on Fri, Apr 9, 2010 8:25 AM