| PR Newswire: A Quarter A Drink Could Ease California Budget Deficit |
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A Quarter a Drink Could Ease California Budget Deficit Governor Brown and Democratic Leaders asked to take action for an easy $3.5 BillionPR Newswire SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Marin Institute, the alcohol industry watchdog, issued a call to action today for California Governor Jerry Brown and state legislative leaders to raise excise taxes on wine, beer, and distilled spirits by 25 cents a drink to help reduce the state's $28 billion budget shortfall. Click here to read the rest of this article. |
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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Our state’s decision makers need know that hospitality workers play an integral part in California’s economic recovery. 
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