The next cash cow for our greedy government?

BEER! 

Details of the proposed beer tax are described in a Senate Finance Committee document distributed to lawmakers before a closed-door meeting Wednesday. Senators are focusing on how to pay for expanding health insurance for an estimated 50 million uninsured Americans, a cost that could range to some $1.5 trillion over 10 years.

You can’t raise that from beer money alone.

Lawmakers are looking at an extensive list of spending cuts and tax increases, including a new levy on the value of job-based health insurance. The latter proposal seems to be gaining ground. It could lead to higher income taxes for some people with particularly generous job-based health care.

No decisions were expected at the meeting, but Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., will use the feedback to shape legislation he intends to introduce in the next few weeks.

While many of the revenue raisers involve obscure provisions of federal law, most consumers can relate to a beer tax.

Taxes on wine and hard liquor would also go up.

That’s right kids. Look, I told everyone that our government, being the spedaholics they are, would have to start taxing “bad” behaviors to pay for the Socialist Utopian health care didn’t I? Well, they could not stop at taxing sodas, so, it is on to beer now! Oh, and yes, if you get insurance from your employer? You are getting taxed too!

What next? Junk food? Likely, but hey you meat eaters? You are on the tax list too. Don’t worry, they will get to you too.

H/T JWF, Ace

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