MARIN INSTITUTE’S ALCOHOL TAX – A BAD IDEA*** Neo-Prohibitionist Group’s Policies Bad for California’s Economy and JobsSACRAMENTO – Directly following the stinging defeat of the Marin Institute’s proposed alcohol mitigation “fee,” which was vetoed by Mayor Gavin Newsom and a for which a veto over-ride vote by the San Francisco Supervisors failed, Matt Klink, a spokesperson for the California Alliance for Hospitality Jobs released the following statement: “We said all along that the Marin Institute-sponsored alcohol “fee” was a job killing tax in disguise that would hurt San Francisco’s economy. We again thank Mayor Newsom for his courageous veto and agree wholeheartedly with his veto statement that, ‘I cannot support this unnecessary and harmful fee that will hurt our City’s economy and cost us jobs at a time when we most need them.” “It is clear that the Marin Institute’s big-picture intent is to damage the alcohol industry and any restaurants, grocery stores and other small businesses that sell these products and pay their taxes. This radical, neo-prohibitionist group will use any means necessary to push its tried-and-failed agenda – even if such actions include job-killing taxes that harm hard-working hospitality industry workers and small business owners.” “The Marin Institute, through its misnamed “Charge for Harm” campaign, has promised to take this public policy initiative to municipalities throughout California. With the state already suffering from 12.4 percent unemployment – a number that is even higher in the hospitality industry – it’s unfortunate that the Marin Institute places ideology ahead of common sense policy solutions. “The California Alliance for Hospitality Jobs is committed to educating small business owners and hospitality industry workers throughout the state to let them know of the significant economic harm that the Marin Institute’s myopic policy ‘solutions’ would have on them and on local governments.” About the California Alliance for Hospitality Jobs The California Alliance for Hospitality Jobs is a coalition of employees, suppliers, restaurateurs, business owners trade associations and concerned citizens who work in and with the hospitality industry. We have joined together to highlight the important role that the hospitality industry plays in California’s economy and to voice unified opposition to higher alcohol taxes being considered at the local and state levels. To learn more about the California Alliance for Hospitality Jobs, visit www.savemycajob.com. ###  |
Millions of your friends and neighbors, waiters, bartenders and small business owners who run your local hotels, bars and restaurants will have their jobs threatened this year as lawmakers propose to increase alcohol taxes. The last time Federal taxes were raised on alcohol, $1.3 billion in wages were lost and 98,000 people found themselves out of work.
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