Originally Posted by pan6467

Ok, so I'm listening to Mike Trivisonno on Cleveland's WTAM 1100 AM and he has on a rep. fro Miller Brewing talking about how Ohio plans to double the excise tax on beer. Right now Ohio pays 18 cents a gallon, Penn. pays 8, Ky. pays 8, Ind. pays 12.

This rep implied heavily (saying it in just about any possible way without saying it onb a CC radio station) that the taxes are Ohio's (please note, Gov. taft is a Rep. as is the Ohio house) way to make up for tax cuts.

He also stated:

- that it would hurt the 55% of Ohioans that buy beer, because they make less than 45,000. So the poor do pay for the tax cuts......

- that it Miller would probably shut down it's Ohio brewery (costing 600 jobs)

- that it would affect the suppliers, the building contractors who were going to add onto the facility

- that they project more people would buy cheaper beer and end up costing Ohio tax money because the cheaper beers cost less thus are taxed less

- that Ohio already has a state minimum on beer of 25% over cost, 1/2 of which goes to the state as an added tax.

What people don't see is that these income tax cuts that Bush and the GOP give to the rich, are killing the states and cities who have to raise their taxes, in hidden ways, that affect the lower classes far more than the uppers. Plus, as Bush's deficit spending continues to grow out of control.... those cuts aren't cuts in spending.

I"m sure the GOP will fight this by saying well the poor need to drink less.... or whatever, blaming the lower classes for this instead of sucking it up and paying their fair share. Instead, they'll cry about how taxes are still to high for them.

Well when the deficit comes to a head and we have to start paying it.... guess what the rich will be paying far far more than they ever imagined because as jobs get outsourced, as wages decline and factories close.... the rich will be the only tax base that can pay.

Instead of working for tax cuts work on a solution to increase the tax base fairly. Maybe it will require sacrifice from the rich and lower classes but it's far better than the course we are on now.