“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.
The thing they REALLY want is to go to a progressive income tax. So they can bracket it and start charging higher income earners a higher rate.
It really sticks in their craw that our State Constitution prohibits this practice. Now the Dems have managed so stuff our State Supreme Court with wide-eyed Liberals (by actually running a CASH LOTTERY for voters who showed up in Philadelphia!) So there is a chance that the new Supreme Court may find our State Constitution to be Unconstitutional.