It's a luxury tax, just like cigarettes or restaurant meals.
Alaska charges a spirits tax of $5.60 per gallon, a wine tax of $0.85 per gallon and a beer tax of $0.35 per gallon.
Maryland charges a spirits tax of $1.5 per gallon, a wine tax of $0.40 per gallon and a beer tax of $0.09 per gallon.
Virginia doesn't charge a spirits tax, because as a control state, it sells all liquor directly, but it does charge a wine tax of $1.51 per gallon and a beer tax of $0.26 per gallon.
If you can't afford that, you probably shouldn't be wasting money on booze in the first place.
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Locking everyone in their
Locking everyone in their fucking houses would save lives too. ;lkajsel;fkdjoihawerf;oasdf
Look on the bright side
They're not doing it for your health, they're doing it for the money. The health thing is just an unintentional side benefit!
Grr
The poor should have equal opportunity to drink themselves dead, damnit!
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Eh
It's a luxury tax, just like cigarettes or restaurant meals.
Alaska charges a spirits tax of $5.60 per gallon, a wine tax of $0.85 per gallon and a beer tax of $0.35 per gallon.
Maryland charges a spirits tax of $1.5 per gallon, a wine tax of $0.40 per gallon and a beer tax of $0.09 per gallon.
Virginia doesn't charge a spirits tax, because as a control state, it sells all liquor directly, but it does charge a wine tax of $1.51 per gallon and a beer tax of $0.26 per gallon.
If you can't afford that, you probably shouldn't be wasting money on booze in the first place.
following that logic
Why not just raise it to $20 a pack, across the board?
Well, then.
Guess the war on drugs needs to get busy taxing hard drugs...
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