I am not sure if you guys have been following the recent silliness occurring in West Virginia, concerning a
tax increase on beer. Apparently they are trying to get this beer tax (which will increase the price from $5.50 a barrel to $19.25 a barrel) to help pay for Substance abuse programs to help people with alcohol problems.
Now, I do not live in West Virginia, so I am not aware if there is any huge drinking problems there, but I don't see any good reason why you should have to punish responsible drinkers like that. Why should I have to pay more for beer because a few losers can't handle their drinking problem? Not fair!
Anyways, the debate has been going on for a week now...I will keep you posted as to whether or not it gets passed. I am hoping it doesn't, because imagine if other states passed similar bills? That would suck!
In other crazy beer news, if you are a fan of
DrinkingStuff.com on
facebook, you may have seen my recent posts about more people who can't handle their drinking problems.
First, I posted an article about a man who
robbed a gas station for beer. This is not good behavior, people.
But wait...it gets worse!
I then read an article about this person who
KILLED someone over some beer. Since when is beer something for people to get killed over? I smell foul play...there HAS to have been some other awful substance involved...please tell me!
Lastly, I read this article today about a
this mom who drank a 40oz malt beverage and then scooted over to her child's elementary school and started swinging a sword at other children's parents. The woman was apparently trying to defend her child's honor. She wanted to confront the parents of another child who had been spitting on her kid the day before. But, who in their right mind would pound a GIANT beer, and then think it was OK to pretend to be a pirate and swing a sword at another human being? Once again, I smell foul play.
In my opinion, all the above stories involving beer MUST also have some other substances involved. I cannot believe the bad wrap beer is getting because of people who cannot act normal in society. CRAZINESS I tell you!
In other news, we just unleashed a new
DrinkingStuff.com Newsletter unto the world! In it, you'll find the secret coupon code to receive 15% off your next new order at
DrinkingStuff.com. Don;t tell anyone, but the coupon code is: FORECAST and it expires on Friday (02/26/10), so use it quickly!
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