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From: slacker711	5/19/2009 1:00:19 PM
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Here it comes....now that some sort of universal health care system is a given, you can justify regulating pretty much any and all behavior that are deemed to have a negative impact on costs. We are going to have a whole new set of busybodies deciding what is good for you....and unlike the Christian Right, they are likely to be far more effective in eventually getting their laws passed. news.yahoo.com Alcohol, Soda Taxes Some possible tax changes would be designed to nudge consumers away from products deemed likely to boost health costs, including alcohol and sugary sodas. The committee is considering a uniform excise tax of $16 per proof gallon for beer, wine and other alcoholic beverages. Another option would be to place a federal tax on drinks sweetened with sugar or high-fructose corn syrup. Both ideas met swift opposition from industry groups. Jeff Becker, president of the Beer Institute in Washington, said the suggestion of a “substantial increase” in alcohol taxes threatens jobs in an industry that already paid $41 billion in taxes in 2008. If passed, the increase in the alcohol excise tax would be the first since 1991, according to Mark Gorman, a lobbyist for the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States, based in Washington. “That would be a big hit to the hospitality industry which makes an awful lot of its profits from the sales of beverage alcohol,” Gorman said. “We’re already the highest taxed consumer product in the country other than tobacco. It’s going to be a hard hit to take.”

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