Standard-Examiner: What's Brewing? A Beer Tax

What happened to the No New Taxes edict from our Republican brethren?

By: Ray

New Topic-What's Brewing? A Beer Tax- According to the Standard-Examiner, our esteemed pro-business legislature is considering a 5 cent a can tax on beer to support county jails:

• What's brewing for Utah Legislature? Beer tax

Their justification is "inmates admit they have an alcohol problem." Well most Utah residents have a weight problem so perhaps we should tax Jello for medical costs. What happened to the No New Taxes edict from our Republican brethren? Just another way for the dominant religion to screw the non-LDS population and feel righteous about it.