I live in Pittsburgh and this totally sucks. The people here kept voting in the damn Democrats. Then they wonder why their jobs are being cut. Onc of my relatives just got their job cut. Lifelong Dem. They don’t understand that when taxes go up, people order less of that product. They go out less when a ten percent tax on poured alcohol in imposed on local bars. People consequentlyget cut from jobs in restaurants and bars. Duh!
Democrats here in Pittsburgh sure have done an astute job of multigenerational brainwashing.
“I’m voting Democrat cause they’re for DA WORKIN’ MAN!”
Why do you say that?
“Because my grandparents taught me that. And my parents too. They always voted for the Democrat.”
But, they all worked in steel mills, and those disappeared thanks to Democrat policies.
“But they’re for DA WORKIN’ MAN!”
But, why?
“Cause Republicans are EEEEEEVIL. They’re for the ROBBER BARONS.”
Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick died in 1919.
“But Democrats are for DA WORKIN’ MAN!”
But they raise taxes on your pay, your home, your drinks, and your entertainment.
“That’s just so that they have money to create JOBS n’at.”
“They go out less when a ten percent tax on poured alcohol in imposed on local bars. People consequentlyget cut from jobs in restaurants and bars. Duh!”
I remember when they tried selling that poured drink tax as harmless. Those taxes are kind of harmless to big companies ... you’re already paying a premium for beer at chain restaurants. The bartenders and waitresses get screwed over since the disposable income goes to pay the tax instead of tips for the bartenders and waitresses.
Small, mom-and-pop hole in the walls have been getting beaten silly since the poured drink tax. Many middle aged / older people that go to those bars prefer draft beer and shots vs. bottled beer. Plus there’s additional accounting that needs to be done (keep in mind that some of these owners just paid taxes ... now they need infrastructure to track poured vs. non-poured booze, etc.)
Bottom line is that those that depend on tips and small businesses get screwed the hardest by these seemingly “harmless” taxes.
I’d invest in an ecig company in PA with that new cigarette tax they just passed. I think cigarettes will be up to $8 a pack in the Pittsburgh metro area.