Oregon Proposes a 1900% Beer Tax Increase

Now that the smoking nazis have had their way with the smokers they are moving on to the next sin that needs to be taxed into oblivion, alcohol. In reality these people do not want to tax anything into oblivion, there would be no taxes to be paid if that were the end result. They just want to keep raising the taxes as high as they feel people can be pushed into paying.

Oregon is now proposing a 1900%, that is not a typo, 1900% tax increase on beer.

Four Portland legislators joined a Springfield senator to introduce Oregon House Bill 2461, which would impose a $49.61 tax on each barrel of beer produced by Oregon brewers

Naturally, as is the same with cigarettes, they are arguing that it is for the consumers own good. Because alcohol can be addicting they claim that the money will be used to combat alcoholism, but that is just the excuse. This is the same argument used for raising the taxes on cigarettes.

The truth is that if the government really gave a damn about ending a person’s nicotine or alcohol addiction they wouldn’t raise taxes on these products; they would outlaw them. The truth is also that the government knows that it can get away with taxing these products because these people are addicts. they are taking advantage of a person’s addiction to raise more revenue for the state.

How sick and perverted is that? It is criminal.