tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35921470.post7241219351978845303..comments2023-07-16T06:34:24.888-04:00Comments on Tales Of Two Cities: Licensed Beverage Dealers vs Their Customerswordboneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00250201271555676642noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35921470.post-41040087937382932142010-01-10T19:26:34.634-05:002010-01-10T19:26:34.634-05:00It would be nice to buy beer & wine in grocery...It would be nice to buy beer & wine in grocery stores too, but the liquor store lobby makes sure that can't happen. They will not allow chain stores to get licenses to limit competition.svnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35921470.post-24553415241278099472010-01-10T18:37:59.538-05:002010-01-10T18:37:59.538-05:00Tax babies? You guys are cracking me up.Tax babies? You guys are cracking me up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35921470.post-72754441262700853842010-01-10T18:25:38.893-05:002010-01-10T18:25:38.893-05:00tax babies!tax babies!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35921470.post-8438250360711098772010-01-10T17:55:28.554-05:002010-01-10T17:55:28.554-05:00The fact that you are standing alone with Liz Bobo...The fact that you are standing alone with Liz Bobo on this one means that you need to step back and really make sure you have an extra strong case, and I don't think you have one. <br /><br />I even call B.S. on the notion of a $214 million increase in revenue from a 10 cent per drink increase until I see the specific detail in how that was computed.<br /><br />Tax baby food!Freemarketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35921470.post-74481777538695215462010-01-10T17:20:06.388-05:002010-01-10T17:20:06.388-05:00fm,
My bad. You're right about the increase b...fm,<br /><br />My bad. You're right about the increase being per drink not per gallon. Still, this would be a modest increase.<br /><br />And yes, I am serious about wanting to abolish the House of Delegates but am realistic in knowing that the political courage to do so in the free state is lacking.<br /><br />-wbwordboneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00250201271555676642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35921470.post-81309847480715922132010-01-10T16:40:02.934-05:002010-01-10T16:40:02.934-05:00Btw, WB, your numbers as presented are very mislea...Btw, WB, your numbers as presented are very misleading. If raising the liquor tax 10 cents per gallon raises $214 million in revenue, that means that 2.14 billion gallons of liquor is consumed in Maryland. Given that there are around 6 million people in Maryland, each resident (including those under 21 who cannot legally drink) would have to drink a gallon of liquor a day to generate that revenue off a dime increase.<br /><br />I think you mean increasing the tax 10 cents PER DRINK, which would probably be a tax increase of well over $1 per gallon (I'm not sure how many drinks are in a gallon). <br /><br />I'm telling you, the baby food tax is the way to go if you want a regressive tax :-)Freemarketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35921470.post-48637893018226180852010-01-10T11:23:28.891-05:002010-01-10T11:23:28.891-05:00I am more for cutting spending than raising taxes....I am more for cutting spending than raising taxes. I like your idea of doing away with the State Delegation to save money, although I am not sure how serious your suggestion was. <br /><br />Lots of food items are not taxed at all. What is your basis for wanting to raise booze taxes over a tax on groceries? If you want to talk about paying a "fair share of the State tax burden" you should be advocating a tax on baby food (which I assume is not taxed but I don't know for sure) or any number of other non-taxed things. <br /><br />How much revenue would taxing milk "just a dime" per gallon raise?Freemarketnoreply@blogger.com