The California legislature sobered up yesterday when it spiked its proposed $1.4 billion alcohol excise tax.
The idea behind the tax, laced with good intentions, was that alcohol creates so many problems in the state that it should pay accordingly. (Also, the state is in desperate need of money from anywhere so why not charge “Big Alcohol” which apparently have deep pockets by making people pay more, according to douche bag supporters of the bill.)
But really, the proposal comes from the fun-hating sober bunch at ChargeforHarm.org. We also assume they disapprove of social gatherings, family reunions and dysfunctional holidays — where a good bottle of booze has helped keep families together and apart for generations. The group obviously hates babies too, as alcohol has probably been the most popular liquid love lubricant throughout the world and been the indirect cause of more babies than anyone would like to admit.
The organization has this proposal floating in as many states as it possibly can — quoting studies that young people sometimes drink and making up numbers about the real cost of alcohol. Cash strapped states, meanwhile, are considering it because they can look like they’re helping people while grabbing money from the very people they say they’re helping.
Look, we really don’t care if you drink or don’t drink. And we wish self righteous dolts like these people “cared” about us as little as we think about them.
We like to have a dram or three and we do so mostly responsibly. If alcohol is as bad as it this group says it is, then ban it, make it illegal and let the Speakeasys return to America — imagine beatnik hipsters returning to spew Jack Kerouac quotes.
When we are out drinking, we’re never worrying about all of those do gooders sitting at home watching Deal or No Deal or the 700 Club, so please, we ask, don’t worry about us — and leave alcohol alone.
