The Happy Tax

Well, I could spend my time talking about how the Republicans once again did the right thing for mostly the wrong reasons.  After all, more background checks wouldn't have actually done anything to stop any of the high profile gun violence for which it was aimed to curb.  More and better background checks are important and probably should be done, that said until it is easier to get an insurance paid visit to a shrink than to purchase fire arms the legislation is mis-guided.  The background checks are mostly paid for by the gun buyer, whereas mental health visits are paid by insurance companies, so it is easy to see the route that was taken.  I could also talk about how the liberal, or fascist mainstream media has not covered the mass stabbing at a Texas community college the same as the sexier gun 'em down killing sprees.  Although one article noted the suspect didn't have a history of mental illness, but did fantasize about stabbing people, cannibalism and wear other peoples facing.  I could point out there hasn't been a call for background checks before purchasing sharp pointy things.  I won't write about any of that, as this is a photo blog and just don't have the right photos for any of that. 
Instead we'll talk about beer, which apparently makes you happy when you taste it, even without alcohol beer makes you happy.  Our Governor would like to tax beer more, as it makes him happy to thing of all the tax dollars generated by beer he drinks.  Our Governor wants to tax your happiness.  How much of a happy tax, try a 325% increase for small breweries.  That tax will be pasted on to the consumer, resulting in less happy making beer consumed.  Which will make small breweries sad, because they will go out of business and it will make us common folk sad as it will cost more to be happy and eventually require us to consumer Bud Lite to be happy, after the beer tax wipes out all the local breweries.  Then of course is the state which will be sad when it's happy tax dollars go dry.  Furthermore, it is a tax that is against business, against ingenuity and against happiness, what a terrible trio.  Raise the sales tax, because end of the day if you need to raise taxes make everyone share the burden, not just beer drinkers and breweries.