Sales of distilled spirits have increased only .2 percent in Maryland since last year—far below the national average of 3.1 percent, according to figures stated in a recent Washington Post blog post.
The post cites the Distilled Council of the United States, which linked the stagnating sales to the increase in taxes on alcohol—from 6 percent to 9 percent.
The chief economist for the council, David Ozgo, is quoted as stating that “Maryland consumers are voting with their feet and making their purchases in Delaware.”
A Capital News Service article reported that sales of distilled spirits near the border of Maryland and Delaware in Cecil County are down 57 percent.
Do you venture to other states like Delaware to purchase alcohol?
I met a local "representative" once and she and I got into a heated argument about revenue streams and the only thing she cared about was lining MC's pocket even though the way she presented her argument meant LESS revenue for MC. Raising taxes and fining people all day long doesn't increase revenue, it decreases revenue because it makes people shop elsewhere, dine elsewhere, and go elsewhere. Want to see record increases in income for MC? LOWER THE DAMN TAXES, LOWER the Tickets people get when they're LESS than 5 minutes late to putting more quarters in their meter, and be sensible. Stop actually like a third world dictator fining us for every little thing. Of course, that would require Politicians to put the people first instead of the "state", and that would require the incumbents to be kicked out of power. So sadly, we will be stuck with the corrupt Politicians that line their own pockets while the rest of us get poorer, business goes down, and the government keeps to it's game plan of screwing everyone over. Have you seen how much our local "representatives" are making by abusing their power? It's ridiculous and it's such a shame that no one(including the media) is willing to address the blatant corruption without using kid gloves.
BTW, I no longer buy holiday spirits. About the only thing that I really like special around this time of year is Eggnog and I keep being told that it's not good for me (and that has nothing to do with alcohol). I have no problem buying any spirits (in my case, wine) at a MoCo store or at Rodman's, whichever seems to be the most convenient, at the time.
Expect the PROG trolls to start their verbal bullying since we just expressed our opinions.
Sadly the average Maryland citizen does not take the time to follow the news or they chose to remain oblivious to just how often their wallets are raped by the Democrats in the state and county governments. I can only imagine the dramatic shift in the Democrat to Republican ratio in the General Assembly if they ever stop drinking from the Blue Kool-Aid well long enough to become educated on just how many tax and fee increases their Delegates and Senators have passed during the O'Malley regime. The new Democrat slogan should be a play on the old Syms ad slogan; an indoctrinated voter is our best constituent.
I live 3 mins from a MoCo liquor store and have shopped there MAYBE 3 times in 15 years! My store-of-choice is the first one into DC on Wisconsin Ave, PAUL'S Wine & Spirits! Top shelf svc, selection, prices AND a covered garage! Seriously, I wouldn't consider shopping anywhere else--great resource for parties too! My kids schools have fundraisers/auctions yearly and they donate to each of them as well as charities I'm involved with. PAUL'S is a TRUE community-minded family business that values their customers, including my kids & dogs and they go out of their way to locate any product you want! My husband is a wine collector and he loves these guys! Bottom line, small businesses like Paul's are the backbone of our country and I'll PROUDLY forfeit a few cents to spend my dollars at a store like this rather than an impersonal, grocery-store or big-box variety store! When you walk into Paul's on a Fri. night and the wine-tasting is going full throttle, its easy to remember why it's more than just a great store! I'm happy to support them. They've done SO much for the community (the arts, Children's Hospital, Cancer research, public/private schools).Impressive! P.S. You can order Johnny Walker Blue for personal and Corp. gifts for the holidays and PAUL'S will have it engraved & sent! Glad that's off my "to-do" list! Sorry MoCo politicos, ya dropped the ball, again!
Once again your lack of a mature original response is almost as pathetic as the fact that you actually made note of my lack of posts on here for the past few weeks. Stalk much? ... Then your assertion that my point about these taxes hurting the poor and middle class the most is, "a phony populist angle," simply proves just how out of touch with the reality of living paycheck to paycheck liberal elitist Democrats like yourself have become. Sales tax, gasoline tax, bridge and tunnel tolls, flush tax, and even the luxury alcohol tax and tobacco tax, are all applied equally to everyone as you well know so how can increases to these taxes not hurt the poor and middle class citizens of Maryland more than the wealthy who, as you liberals love to point out, can better afford paying their fair share. It is not like a person earning less than $30K a year can show a special ID card at the cash register and magically have their tax burden reduced. You act as if we are all not well aware of the overwhelming democrat majority here in Maryland. This is not a your side lost my side won issue as you childishly continue to post on here ad nauseum. Contrary to the common belief of Democrats in elected office, they are still required to represent ALL of their constituents not just the ones who donate money to their campaigns. Now come up with an educated, informed, logical, and non redundant reply or just give it a rest.
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