States’ Budget Woes Mean Higher Beer Taxes
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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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