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| Hello, and welcome to 2017 everyone. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Years, but now it’s time to buckle down and face the next twelve months. This seems to be the time when folks make lots of predictions for the upcoming year, so I thought I’d take a stab at a few.
First up, the Alaska State Legislature. The circus will be opening in Juneau soon, and there are a couple of alcohol/beer related issues before it. First, look for our tax-hungry governor to try again to cram through his plan to double the tax on alcohol. I don’t know how much chance this has this year; last year it didn’t go anywhere. That’s good when you remember that Alaska already has the second highest alcohol excise taxes in the country, so doubling them is absurd. Many in Juneau will be scrambling to come up with new taxes to feed the insatiable maw of the state government so I wouldn’t be surprised to see them try to put lipstick on this pig again. The other big issue before the legislature which might … |
Source: Drinking on the Last Frontier
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