Don't tax DC businesses out of existence!

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Robert S. started this petition to Jim Graham, Ward 1 DC Council Member, Jack Evans, Ward 2 DC Council Member, Mary Cheh, Ward 3 DC Council Member, Muriel Bowser, Ward 4 DC Council Member, Tommy Wells, Ward 6 DC Council Member, Yvette Alexander, Ward 7 Council Member, Marion S. Barry Jr, Ward 8 Council Member, David Catania, DC Council Member at-large, Vincent Orange, DC Council Member at-large, Vincent Gray, Mayor of DC started this petition to

Today the DC Council will decide on an over 700% tax increase on local businesses like DC Brau, Chocolate City Brewery, and the planned the New Columbia Distillery – a tax that would also make it more expensive for you to grab a drink around town. Only a public outcry of support for small businesses like ours can stop it.



Last year Washington got DC Brau, our first brewery since 1957. Since the day they opened, they’ve been committed to our city – from donating used grain to make bread for local food pantries and advocating for DC Voting Rights, to building community at bars all over town and donating for fundraisers for organizations like Washington Area Bicycle Association and Children’s Hospital.



Sign the petition and then tell everyone you know – we stand with DC’s small businesses, not with those who want to tax them out of existence.



Proponents of the alcohol tax say it will only raise drink prices by about 6 cents a drink -- which would be true, if the tax was applied by the drink -- but instead the burden of this tax falls on distributors to the tune of $22 barrel up from $2.79. Thats $11 per keg!