MonkeyWrench
Well-Known Member
So this "senator" thinks that lowering the tax would increase alcohol consumption? Has he done the math? Taking the tax from $18 to $9/barrel equates like this:
16oz/pint - 128oz/gallon - 31gal/barrel
So 31*128/16=248pints/barrel
$18/248=.073/pt tax that drops to .036/pt
I don't think any breweries are going to pass on that savings to the distributor, or any distributors that are going to pass on that savings to any bars, or any bars that are going to pass on that savings to their customers.
I can just imagine walking up to grab my favorite pint and having the bar tender tell me that it will now be $3.97 instead of the usual $4 because the tax got lowered.
This tax break will go straight into the pockets of the breweries to help grow their business.
I'm all for keeping the tax break under the 2 million mark. The big boys already make enough, let the little guys try to catch up some.
16oz/pint - 128oz/gallon - 31gal/barrel
So 31*128/16=248pints/barrel
$18/248=.073/pt tax that drops to .036/pt
I don't think any breweries are going to pass on that savings to the distributor, or any distributors that are going to pass on that savings to any bars, or any bars that are going to pass on that savings to their customers.
I can just imagine walking up to grab my favorite pint and having the bar tender tell me that it will now be $3.97 instead of the usual $4 because the tax got lowered.
This tax break will go straight into the pockets of the breweries to help grow their business.
I'm all for keeping the tax break under the 2 million mark. The big boys already make enough, let the little guys try to catch up some.
