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Sunday, April 13, 2008

Clown Shoes

The full story about a proposed 1500% tax increase on beer in California (linked here) should be of interest to the many friends of John Barleycorn that inhabit this forum. But I mainly just wanted to share the the associated comment about the fellow proposing the tax.

I’ll be the first to say it: Jim Beall is the stupidest fucking Democrat in California. Which is a lot like being the circus clown with the biggest shoes.

- Source: VodkaPundit

posted by The Mad Builder of Periwinkle at 16:15

2 Comments:

Blogger davis14633 said...

Beall said the tax would generate $2 billion a year to fund health care services, crime prevention and programs to prevent underage drinking and addiction.
You mean like the tobbacco settlement money was used?

05:17  
Blogger Jar(egg)head said...

And lottery profits. And state gas taxes. And toll road proceeds.

It's a long list... In the end, all that money ends up in one place: the general fund. Where, after being chopped, cut, sliced, diced, re-cut and laundered, about 10% of the original sum goes to what may or may not be the original cause.

One guess where the other 90% ends up...

09:12  

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