States’ Budget Woes Mean Higher Beer Taxes
From Times Wire Reports
With cash tight and bills looming, legislators around the country are turning to neighborhood pubs to help them drown their woes: At least 19 states are considering plans to boost beer taxes or have already done so.
Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has proposed one of the heftiest hikes, a plan that would raise the tax on a gallon of beer from 8 cents to a quarter. Utah lawmakers have passed a bill to raise the beer tax from $11 per barrel to $12.80.
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