date:Jan 18, 2013
of beer that ranges from 5 cents in Massachusetts and Connecticut to 15 cents in Maine and Vermont.
Weed, one of the beer tax's sponsors, told the New Hampshire Union Leader that it is irresponsible for the state to rely on excise taxes when it could instead raise taxes on products that cause health problems, such as beer.
Government serves a necessary service that isn't provided by the private sector, Weed said. Revenue-starved government is not capable of doing what needs to be done.
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