Posted on 10/07/2009 10:58:38 AM PDT by Jabrown
The perfect example of the idiocy of sin taxes...
"According to the State of Missouri, July and August liquor tax collection remained relatively flat before spiking in the month of September. The growth in liquor tax revenue was solely attributable to a phenomenal 41% increase in sales of hard liquor and wine as..."
Read more: Missouri liquor sales skyrocket after Illinois alcohol tax increase
dhimmicracy in action...
Absolutely brilliant, smart, intelligent, all-knowing, really really bright, spectacularly intellectual Liberals in action.
/s/
(Now all they need is the power to restrict the movements of their subjects.)
Good article.
When MA imposed a 6.5% tax on Liquor. We called it the “New Hampshire Stimulus Package”.
You’ve got to love the law of unintended consequences.
Gosh, I’m really surprised.
I guess they should read “Thinking beyond stage one” by Thomas Sowell.
When your up here in NH buying your liquor, don’t forget to get your :
Fireworks
Powerball Tickets
Beer
Wine
big screen TV’s(no sales tax)
lol.
I make monthly trips right straight up I-91 for just that reason.
OK, so i can get my powerball tickets locally, and only buy fireworks about 4 times a year, but yep, I head there for booze & smokes fromthe CT shoreline.
Hell, for 2010, I’m buying a Rhode Island non-resident saltwater fishing license ($10) for fishing my homestate as opposed to giving them the $30 resident license fee. Bastards.
Every Christmas agents from Pennsylvania are stationed in Washington DC to watch as Pennsylvania residents come down to buy their Christmas cheer. They radio the tag numbers back and arrests are made as people go back home.
If idiocy were a crime there would be bars and locked gates on every state capital building and Washington DC would be a penal colony.
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