Kitty Dukakis, who has had a well publicized battle with addiction, spoke this morning at a Government Center rally calling for a "no" vote on Question 1, which would repeal the sales tax on liquor enacted by the legislature last year. Money from the tax helps pay for addiction recovery services. The repeal effort is heavily funded by beer distributors and package-store owners.
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You're making my point.
By Dave
Tue, 09/28/2010 - 3:24pm
You're making my point.
I'd be happy if the www.YesTo1.com website worked
By stevegarfield
Tue, 09/28/2010 - 3:44pm
I'd be happy if the www.YesTo1.com website worked
http://www.YesTo1.com
It was listed in the '2010 Information to Voters' pamphlet I got at home.
Authored by:
Frank Anzalotti
Committee To Repeal the Alcohol Sales Tax
c/o One Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
617-720-5090
www.YesTo1.com
It's online here:
http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/ele10/ballot_questi...
Come on.
In tough times like these,
By Dan Farnkoff
Tue, 09/28/2010 - 4:01pm
God forbid anyone should cut back on necessities like their precious "responsible drinking". It cracks me up how much money people still have to blow on alcohol. Massachusetts drunk driving incidents actually went up last year, bucking the national trend. And I wonder whether all you "responsible drinkers" are as mellow and controlled as you publicly pretend to be- though of course there's no way to know.
Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, a bunch of a-holes go friggin berserk downtown, and somebody's paying for all that BPD and EMS excitement as well. Having spent a lot of time sober and working amidst the chaos, I can tell you it's like there's a damn riot every weekend.
I say it's a self-indulgent, occasionally dangerous vice- be glad it's not illegal like pot, and pay the goddamn tax.
Ah, the voice of reason
By eekanotloggedin
Tue, 09/28/2010 - 5:43pm
This responsible drinker is happy to pay heavy taxes on it.
Really, we all pay for being responsible. My health insurance bill and tax bill go up when your (the royal you here) dumb ass decides to skateboard into a tree. But is my first reaction that, dammit, I shouldn't be paying for some idiot's rescue services and hospital stay? Of course not. It's that I'm lucky to be home arguing with people on the Internet while skate dude is having his skull repaired, I hope he gets well soon, and I hope he and many others can get to a place where they don't have a need to engage in risky behavior.
I'd much rather pay for community services and not need them than be the person who DOES need them.
This tax means alcohol costs too much?
By Kaz
Tue, 09/28/2010 - 5:36pm
I think the politicians might be more concerned about the cost of this tax if people weren't still buying plastic cups with 12 oz of Bud Lime in them for $6.75 a pop at Fenway 82 times a year.
That's, of course, after paying a $25-$200 cover charge for the honor to do so.
A challenge for the anti-tax crowd
By pilgrimm
Tue, 09/28/2010 - 6:40pm
Name a cheaper more effective way to deal with substance abuse/ addiction than we currently have in Massachusetts.
booze tax
By anonymous hyde ...
Tue, 09/28/2010 - 7:53pm
Using a tax on booze to help combat and treat alcoholism and alcoholics is not that big a deal; that said, booze in MA already has a backdoor tax on it, so now it's doubly taxed.
That said, alcoholics who believe everyone who drinks alcohol is an alcoholic irritate the friggin hell out of me, like they do most people. By far most people who drink alcohol or who will develop a taste of alcohol will not become alcoholics and substance abusers.
I didn't come from the best environment, and have my share of life's problems, but for whatever reason I'm not an alcoholic, even though I drink alcohol generally on a regular basis socially. But I can not have any alcohol for weeks at a time and it has zero effect on me. I could stop completely right now and it really wouldn't effect me. I can smoke a pack of cigarettes or smoke a few cigars, enjoy them, then stop and not smoke for 6 months. I get no craving. I can smoke weed likewise the same. No craving. I wonder why others can't do likewise? I suspect substance abuse is the result of genetics, environment and personality...all 3
Wondering how this tax affects local brewers?
By The Beer Guy
Wed, 09/29/2010 - 9:49am
Honestly, if someone already pays a few bucks more for a six pack of craft brew, versus mass produced fizzy yellow lagers, is another 50 or so cents going to deter you from that 6er of Harpoon IPA or Sam or Long Trail or whatever...
Personally speaking, I rarely pick up 6 or 12 packs of anything any more. Usually, I pick up a bomber (22 oz bottle) or 2, or go to a store that lets you mix and match your own 6 packs. All of my other beer consumption is home-brewed. Mmm. Freshest beer you'll drink for a fraction of the cost... a 5 gallon batch runs me between 20-30 bucks usually.
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