Wine, beer taxes have
most impact on poor
State legislators are considering “drastically” increasing taxes on alcohol beverages, according to “Legislature to consider wine, beer taxes” (ODE, Feb. 24).
Don’t the legislators realize that alcohol beverage taxes are highly regressive and have their most negative impact on those people least able to afford them?
In tough economic times, government needs to tighten its belt as much as those from whom it extracts taxes.
David J. Hanson, Ph.D.
Chapel Hill, N.C.
