Reephdweller
09-10-2003, 04:23 PM
Report: Raise Beer Tax to Reduce Teen Drinking
(Reuters) - Congress and state legislatures should raise taxes on alcohol, especially beer, to discourage underage drinking, advisers to the government said on Tuesday. The Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council also recommended more careful advertising of alcohol to ensure children do not get bombarded with pro-drinking messages. More.... (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030909/us_nm/health_drinking_dc_3)
Why is the only solution to things always to tax people. Using a Beer Tax to reduce teenage drinking won't deter drinking in the slightest.
But that is just one example, the government always seems to only find taxing people as the only solution. Why not be creative and find other ways to solve problems.
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(Reuters) - Congress and state legislatures should raise taxes on alcohol, especially beer, to discourage underage drinking, advisers to the government said on Tuesday. The Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council also recommended more careful advertising of alcohol to ensure children do not get bombarded with pro-drinking messages. More.... (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030909/us_nm/health_drinking_dc_3)
Why is the only solution to things always to tax people. Using a Beer Tax to reduce teenage drinking won't deter drinking in the slightest.
But that is just one example, the government always seems to only find taxing people as the only solution. Why not be creative and find other ways to solve problems.
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<font size="1" color="red">
<marquee behavior=alternate bgcolor="#FFFFFF">right now you could care less about me...
but soon enough you will care, by the time Im done</marquee> </font>