PORTLAND, Ore. -- Five Oregon state lawmakers want to impose a hefty tax on beer and have introduced a bill that brewers say would cripple them. Four Portland legislators joined a Springfield senator to introduce Oregon House Bill 2461, which would impose a $49.61 tax on each barrel of beer produced by Oregon brewers.
[the inevitable path of 'sin' taxes, when government decides what's sin]
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Outrage brewing over 1,900% beer tax hike
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