Sword and Sextant

Here’s a tax.

Of course, since no people making less than $250K drink beer, this won’t hit them. I think that’s right.

Taxes on wine and hard liquor would also go up.
And there might be a new tax on soda and other sugary drinks blamed for contributing to obesity. A tax of 3 cents per 12-ounce drink would raise about $50 billion over 10 years, according to congressional estimates. Diet drinks, however, wouldn’t be taxed.

Hmm. Looks like a new tax. Dress it up however you want, but Obama HAS to veto this if he’s to keep a campaign promise that he repeated about 10,000 times during the run in 2008.

Read his lips: No new taxes.