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marc
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Posted: Fri Apr 11th, 2008 04:19 pm |
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empty wrote: Dave wrote: I doubt this will pass...
Calif. Tax Proposal Would Increase Beer 30 Cents Per Bottle
Beall: Alcohol Industry Should 'Pay Fair Share'
POSTED: 11:51 am PDT April 10, 2008
UPDATED: 2:44 pm PDT April 10, 2008
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- California Assemblyman Jim Beall, D-San Jose, said Thursday he has proposed legislation that would increase the excise tax on beer that could generate $2 billion in the state.
"The fallout from alcohol consumption costs Californians nearly $36 billion a year in increased health costs, crime, lost productivity and injuries from accidents and abuse," Beall said. "It's time for the beer industry to help us with the staggering burden it has helped to create."
I get so tired of this old worn out rhetoric that some inanimate object is to blame for for what people do, therefore we must raise taxes. I think all these jerkwads that run around raising taxes should have to show their budget and account for every penny they take from us. What a crock of shit...It is my choice to drink or not to drink...I am responsible for my own actions...What burden did the beer industry create? They are a supplier of a product that I choose to consume...
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empty
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Posted: Fri Apr 11th, 2008 03:39 pm |
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Dave wrote: I doubt this will pass...
Calif. Tax Proposal Would Increase Beer 30 Cents Per Bottle
Beall: Alcohol Industry Should 'Pay Fair Share'
POSTED: 11:51 am PDT April 10, 2008
UPDATED: 2:44 pm PDT April 10, 2008
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- California Assemblyman Jim Beall, D-San Jose, said Thursday he has proposed legislation that would increase the excise tax on beer that could generate $2 billion in the state.
"The fallout from alcohol consumption costs Californians nearly $36 billion a year in increased health costs, crime, lost productivity and injuries from accidents and abuse," Beall said. "It's time for the beer industry to help us with the staggering burden it has helped to create."
I get so tired of this old worn out rhetoric that some inanimate object is to blame for for what people do, therefore we must raise taxes. I think all these jerkwads that run around raising taxes should have to show their budget and account for every penny they take from us.
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Dave
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Posted: Fri Apr 11th, 2008 03:13 pm |
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I doubt this will pass...
Calif. Tax Proposal Would Increase Beer 30 Cents Per Bottle
Beall: Alcohol Industry Should 'Pay Fair Share'
POSTED: 11:51 am PDT April 10, 2008
UPDATED: 2:44 pm PDT April 10, 2008
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- California Assemblyman Jim Beall, D-San Jose, said Thursday he has proposed legislation that would increase the excise tax on beer that could generate $2 billion in the state.
"The fallout from alcohol consumption costs Californians nearly $36 billion a year in increased health costs, crime, lost productivity and injuries from accidents and abuse," Beall said. "It's time for the beer industry to help us with the staggering burden it has helped to create."
According to a statement from Beall's office, the money could be used for "health and law enforcement services that must cope with the havoc -- traffic accidents and fatalities, domestic violence, and illnesses -- that is fueled by the alcohol industry."
"Beer is the alcohol of choice for under-age drinkers," Beall said. "Research tells us that kids who begin drinking before they are 15 are more prone to become alcoholics. They are also more susceptible to alcohol-related problems such as vehicle accidents and assaults later in life than people who wait until they are 21 or older to take their first drink."
The proposal would increase the tax on a six-pack of beer by $1.80, or 30 cents per can or bottle, according to a statement from Beall's office.
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A two-thirds majority of the Legislature is required to get the measure before voters who must also approve it by a two-thirds majority.
The bill's language has not yet been finished, according to the statement.
If passed, the tax would be the first new levy on beer in California since the federal government hiked its beer tax in 1991 by 2 cents a can.
The tax on a pack of cigarettes is 87 cents, according to the statement.
Accounting for inflation, California's alcohol and beer tax has declined by 45 percent since 1992, according to Beall's office.
The tax would be levied against the manufacturer, which often chooses to pass the cost on to consumers.
Beall claimed the tax could help fund money for emergency and trauma care, prevention and intervention programs, crime prevention, mental health services and treatment, victim assistance, school counseling, and programs to prevent under-age drinking.
In 2005, alcohol-related traffic crashes claimed 1,574 lives and injured 30,810 in California. In 2004, alcohol played a role in 3,691 deaths statewide, according to the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs.
About one-half of all sexual assaults in the United States involved drinking by either the perpetrator or the victim, or both, according to a 2002 study funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
Beall said the money would "force those responsible for the problem to pay for it. One-third of the population does not drink but yet two-thirds of the alcohol-related costs for health care and prevention are borne by government programs."
Beall claimed the tax could make beer harder for teens to obtain because of higher prices.
Beall's office cited a National Academy of Science study on under-age drinking that recommended a raise in taxes on beer to curb consumption by teen-agers who, as a group, are highly price-conscious.
"Other researchers have concluded that raising beer taxes not only minimizes drinking but reduces alcohol-associated problems such as broken families, venereal diseases, property damage, and birth defects caused by fetal alcohol syndrome," Beall's statement read.
Beer corporations continue to rake in profits. The United States' largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch, reported a net income of $2.1 billion in 2007, nearly 8 percent above the previous year; Molson Coors reported $507 million in revenue after taxes.
"As responsible corporate citizens, breweries should be willing to pay their fair share of the damage that alcohol wreaks on society," Beall said.
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Dave
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Posted: Thu Apr 10th, 2008 06:31 pm |
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I agree with both of ya'all...
In the country illegally? Go back to where ever you came from.
Hire an illegal? Go to jail stupid! It's against the law.
Plead with ICE to not do their job? Loose yours and go to jail.
Assholes in LA city hall have declared LA a "Sanctuary City"....
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weasle
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Posted: Thu Apr 10th, 2008 06:26 pm |
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| the only problem i see here is they didnt arest the pre,s of the facility that hired them, along with the illegals.
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marc
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Posted: Thu Apr 10th, 2008 06:21 pm |
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| As far as I am concerned a comment like that should automatically get you thrown out of office...JMHO...That makes no sense to me at all...Get them out any way you can...
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Dave
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Posted: Thu Apr 10th, 2008 05:05 pm |
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Ever wonder why there's a huge Illegal Immigration issue in Los Angles and So Cal? Here's why. Just gotta love the mayor of Los Angeles...
What a piece of shit...
Villaraigosa to ICE: Back off job immigration crackdowns
Daily News Wire Services
Article Last Updated: 04/10/2008 07:39:46 AM PDT
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is asking federal officials to rethink their policy on workplace immigration crackdowns that involve established businesses and to focus on employers that mistreat workers instead.
The mayor said in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff that work-site raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement could have "severe and long-lasting effects" on the local economy, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday.
ICE made more than 4,900 work-site arrests nationwide in fiscal 2007, a 45-fold increase over the number in 2001, authorities said.
More than 130 undocumented workers were arrested at a San Fernando Valley manufacturing company in February and over 60 workers were arrested for immigration violations at South Bay-area warehouses last week.
Los Angeles companies such as clothing manufacturer American Apparel Inc. have reported being questioned by ICE officials about their hiring procedures.
Villaraigosa accused federal officials of targeting "established, responsible employers" in industries that rely on "workforces that include undocumented immigrants."
"In these industries, including most areas of manufacturing, even the most scrupulous and responsible employers have no choice but to rely on workers whose documentation, while facially valid, may raise questions about their lawful presence," he wrote in the March 27 letter.
He said ICE should spend its limited resources targeting employers who exploit wage and hour laws.
Chertoff has not responded to the mayor's letter, but Homeland Security spokeswoman Laura Keehner said the department believes its priorities are correct.
She said work-site investigations focus on national security and public safety and that the agency also investigates companies it believes may have committed visa fraud, money laundering, and other violations.
Mayoral spokesman Matt Szabo said Villaraigosa and Los Angeles business leaders hope to discuss their concerns with Chertoff in person next week during an annual business trip to Washington.
http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8876092
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Dave
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Posted: Thu Apr 10th, 2008 01:31 pm |
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Randy in Pensacola wrote:
According to my OL I am just a Horny Bastard......LOL
empty wrote:
Ya see that? That's what makes ole Randy a thinker...!
Randy in Pensacola wrote:
The porn industry will love her when she is 18, or 15 in some countrys....LOL
empty wrote:
The parents of an Indian girl born with two faces say she is eating and breathing normally
[I say, that sounds like a natural born politician]
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=63958&sid=18380483&con_type=1
ROTFLMAO!!!
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Randy in Pensacola
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Posted: Thu Apr 10th, 2008 12:56 pm |
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According to my OL I am just a Horny Bastard......LOL
empty wrote:
Ya see that? That's what makes ole Randy a thinker...!
Randy in Pensacola wrote:
The porn industry will love her when she is 18, or 15 in some countrys....LOL
empty wrote:
The parents of an Indian girl born with two faces say she is eating and breathing normally
[I say, that sounds like a natural born politician]
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=63958&sid=18380483&con_type=1
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Tue Apr 8th, 2008 01:44 am |
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Is all I can surely afford to ride or drive...... My Dresser is my real Estate commuter to at times 
marc wrote:
My bike is our mode of summer vacation transport...
Summer gasoline use to drop 1st time since 1991
By Tom DoggettMon Apr 7, 5:17 PM ET
Record-high gasoline prices will reduce U.S. demand for the fuel this summer by 85,000 barrels per day compared with last summer, the first drop in summer motor fuel consumption since 1991, the government's top energy forecaster said on Monday.
"We see a slowdown in gasoline demand," Guy Caruso, head of the federal Energy Information Administration, told reporters. "We are for the first in a long time actually looking at a lower demand for gasoline this summer than last summer."
Summer gasoline consumption is forecast to decline 0.9 percent, less than 1991's summer drop of 1.1 percent, but certainly opposite of the 1.5 percent growth the U.S. normally sees in gasoline demand, according to an EIA official.
Caruso was reluctant to expand on the EIA's revised estimates, saying the agency will release on Tuesday its official summer gasoline forecast.
Caruso said the agency will upwardly revise its forecast for the peak price that consumers will pay for gasoline this summer to above $3.60 a gallon. He said the EIA still does not believe the average pump price will hit $4 a gallon on a national basis, though it will reach that level in some parts of the country.
The national price for regular, self-service gasoline jumped 4.2 cents over the last week to set a new record of $3.33 a gallon, up 53 cents from a year ago, the EIA said on Monday its weekly survey of service stations.
Separately, Caruso said OPEC needs to pump more oil supplies to help lower crude prices that are above $100 a barrel. "We think the market is still very tight," he said. "We're calling for more OPEC oil in the first half of 2008."
OPEC Secretary-General Abdullah al-Badri said over the weekend that there was plenty of oil in the market and OPEC does not need to increase its output levels.
Badri blamed high crude prices on a weak U.S. dollar, a shortage of refining capacity and geopolitical tensions in major oil producing countries.
Caruso said some of those factors mentioned by Badri are contributing to the volatility in oil prices, "but not to the level, the sharp rise" that crude costs have soared.
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marc
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Posted: Tue Apr 8th, 2008 12:45 am |
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My bike is our mode of summer vacation transport...
Summer gasoline use to drop 1st time since 1991
By Tom DoggettMon Apr 7, 5:17 PM ET
Record-high gasoline prices will reduce U.S. demand for the fuel this summer by 85,000 barrels per day compared with last summer, the first drop in summer motor fuel consumption since 1991, the government's top energy forecaster said on Monday.
"We see a slowdown in gasoline demand," Guy Caruso, head of the federal Energy Information Administration, told reporters. "We are for the first in a long time actually looking at a lower demand for gasoline this summer than last summer."
Summer gasoline consumption is forecast to decline 0.9 percent, less than 1991's summer drop of 1.1 percent, but certainly opposite of the 1.5 percent growth the U.S. normally sees in gasoline demand, according to an EIA official.
Caruso was reluctant to expand on the EIA's revised estimates, saying the agency will release on Tuesday its official summer gasoline forecast.
Caruso said the agency will upwardly revise its forecast for the peak price that consumers will pay for gasoline this summer to above $3.60 a gallon. He said the EIA still does not believe the average pump price will hit $4 a gallon on a national basis, though it will reach that level in some parts of the country.
The national price for regular, self-service gasoline jumped 4.2 cents over the last week to set a new record of $3.33 a gallon, up 53 cents from a year ago, the EIA said on Monday its weekly survey of service stations.
Separately, Caruso said OPEC needs to pump more oil supplies to help lower crude prices that are above $100 a barrel. "We think the market is still very tight," he said. "We're calling for more OPEC oil in the first half of 2008."
OPEC Secretary-General Abdullah al-Badri said over the weekend that there was plenty of oil in the market and OPEC does not need to increase its output levels.
Badri blamed high crude prices on a weak U.S. dollar, a shortage of refining capacity and geopolitical tensions in major oil producing countries.
Caruso said some of those factors mentioned by Badri are contributing to the volatility in oil prices, "but not to the level, the sharp rise" that crude costs have soared.
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empty
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Posted: Mon Apr 7th, 2008 11:50 pm |
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Ya see that? That's what makes ole Randy a thinker...!
Randy in Pensacola wrote:
The porn industry will love her when she is 18, or 15 in some countrys....LOL
empty wrote:
The parents of an Indian girl born with two faces say she is eating and breathing normally
[I say, that sounds like a natural born politician]
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=63958&sid=18380483&con_type=1
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Randy in Pensacola
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Posted: Mon Apr 7th, 2008 11:27 pm |
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The porn industry will love her when she is 18, or 15 in some countrys....LOL
empty wrote:
The parents of an Indian girl born with two faces say she is eating and breathing normally
[I say, that sounds like a natural born politician]
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=63958&sid=18380483&con_type=1
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Mon Apr 7th, 2008 04:40 pm |
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| Not uncommon to me... I know many girls that are two faced.
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empty
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Posted: Mon Apr 7th, 2008 04:32 pm |
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The parents of an Indian girl born with two faces say she is eating and breathing normally
[I say, that sounds like a natural born politician]
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=17&art_id=63958&sid=18380483&con_type=1
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Sat Apr 5th, 2008 01:47 am |
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From Eldorado, Texas.. What is wrong with people?
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iIdMpRHjN4hpNKBhfYyAsR4DDo4QD8VRC1T00
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empty
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Posted: Wed Apr 2nd, 2008 06:11 pm |
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If you have about a spare hour or so (per day), this is an entertaining site to find daily news of the weird/odd/perverted;
http://www.fark.com/
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empty
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Posted: Wed Apr 2nd, 2008 12:40 pm |
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jeffy ole boy wrote: empty wrote: Randy in Pensacola wrote: empty wrote: jeffy ole boy wrote: Hate is a terrible thing and sure brings alot of grief to humankind! Interesting thing I have found out about most muslims, they let someone else decipher their Qoran instead of reading it themselves. ...sound familiar? Whats next? Telvangelist that are muslim? Sure, they got 'em. I used to hear 'em and their odd singing every weekend when I lived in Dubai. Where is Dubai? Surely no where in WY? lol! In 1974, my dad got transferred to the middle east. Dubai is part of the UAE, on the southeastern tip of the Arabian peninsula.
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Wed Apr 2nd, 2008 12:17 pm |
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empty wrote: Randy in Pensacola wrote: empty wrote: jeffy ole boy wrote: Hate is a terrible thing and sure brings alot of grief to humankind! Interesting thing I have found out about most muslims, they let someone else decipher their Qoran instead of reading it themselves. ...sound familiar? Whats next? Telvangelist that are muslim? Sure, they got 'em. I used to hear 'em and their odd singing every weekend when I lived in Dubai. Where is Dubai? Surely no where in WY? lol!
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empty
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Posted: Wed Apr 2nd, 2008 12:02 pm |
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Randy in Pensacola wrote: empty wrote: jeffy ole boy wrote: Hate is a terrible thing and sure brings alot of grief to humankind! Interesting thing I have found out about most muslims, they let someone else decipher their Qoran instead of reading it themselves. ...sound familiar? Whats next? Telvangelist that are muslim? Sure, they got 'em. I used to hear 'em and their odd singing every weekend when I lived in Dubai.
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