The Oregon legislature has just decided to kill off one of the State's single most successful industries - microbreweries. Why? To "help" the children. By raising taxes on beer a whopping 1900%. Yep, you read that right. One thousand nine hundred percent. From around $2.50/barrel to over $50.00/barrel. Because, we all know, when times get tough, the best thing a politician can do is tax the be-jabbers out of one of your state's biggest and most prominent industries.
I don't even know what to say. Other than to invite all those fabulous Oregon microbrews to relocate to Virginia. We could use some good McMenamin's Terminator Stout fresh from the tap.
No, seriously. The lesson to take from this is that no one is safe from do-gooder politicians and their seriously deranged fantasies and life-long leeching off the public goodwill. No politician should ever be allowed to wield the power to kill businesses and industries, no matter what.
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