I read somewhere that to pay for the health care reforms, an increase in the beer tax (also wine and liquor) is being considered. I am strongly opposed to this tax increase, but that's not important. It begs the question though why did the FOX news geniuses have tea bag parties instead of six pack parties?
Was'nt Joe "The Plumber" a beer drinking, WWF fan, blue collar fella ? Seems to me a plumber would be much more likely to toss back a few cold ones after a hard day of pipe fitting than a teapot of Earl Grey. What prescience it would have been to theme the tax protest around beer, now that there might be a tax increase on beer.
The inevitable tax increases are going to be fodder for Republican candidates. President Obama and the Dems will have to be very carefull that the tax increases are not regressive.