"Raising taxes on alcoholic beverages to deal with a budget deficit is a political, economic and public health no-brainer. These taxes generally haven't been raised for years and years. They target primarily heavy drinkers." -- George Hacker, director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest's Alcohol Policies Project.

Hacker and his organization have been pushing for nation wide increases in alcohol taxes. Hacker's implication that taxes should be raised just for the hell of it every few years is typical of leftists, as is the attitude that as long as a tax only affects a minority of people, it must be ok.

I've got an idea, how about we only apply car taxes to people with red cars. I own a green car, so what do I care. If people don't like it, they shouldn't buy a red car.