Alcohol Tax Increase
With a proposed alcohol tax increase the cost of drinking could go up as we as a nation try to battle alcohol related illness and diseases. The United States Congressional Budget Office proposed to raise the excise tax on alcohol in the United States in order to raise funds for National Health Care Reform. The proposal arose out of the non-partisan 2008 Congressional Budget Office Report, Budget Options, Volume 1: Health Care. The report contains options for raising revenue for Health Care. Option No. 108 identified general excise taxes on alcohol as a revenue-raising topic. The procedure... Read full post here