The Feds

[Thomas]

Wish it were so ww, but the tax was actually imposed because the Reagan administration needed to find ways to raise revenue without alerting the general public to a tax increase. It was easy to just hit the alcohol industry for existing. It actually is what it says it is: a tax on a certain occupation, exclusive of the excise taxes for wine produced and sales taxes for wine sold. It is a tax just to be in the business, paid annually just for the fun of it, and the back door revenue it produces.

Imagine: hundreds of producers, hundreds of importers, hundreds of wholesalers, thousands of retailers across the country pay the feds a tax to exist. The idea used to warm a Roman Procouncil's heart...