Should those who drink alcohol pay a special tax to cover the damage it causes

[Jack Burton]

Alcohol-related auto crashes alone totals more than $51 billion annually and that's not counting the rest of the harm to society. A $1 per % of alcohol in the product will go to a common pool to pay for that damage so that we who don't drink don't have it come out of our pockets.

This would add $5-6 per can of beer, $4-20 dollars per bottle of wine, and $50 or more to whiskey, rum and others. It will also encourage the manufacturers to not make such potent, dangerous products.

If you don't agree with this then you are on the side of the drunk drivers who kill innocent people. You have their blood on your hands.

 

[indykid]

How about those who drive motorized vehicles pay a special tax to cover damages it causes in addition to the insurance we now pay, since insurance costs do not go to the state, local or federal governments?

Yes, the above if flaming purple.

 

[RockofStrength]

 

[Bunnykid68]

I have a large bottle of peroxide, it cleans up my hands very nicely.

 

[Sticks]

Ugh. No more taxes, please!

 

[mrjarrell]

I think they should bring back alcohol prohibition and not repeal it till all the safety nets are removed for these drunk drivers.

 

[public servant]

Should those that shoot guns pay a special tax to cover the damage it causes?

 

[AtTheMurph]

Alcohol-related auto crashes alone totals more than $51 billion annually and that's not counting the rest of the harm to society. A $1 per % of alcohol in the product will go to a common pool to pay for that damage so that we who don't drink don't have it come out of our pockets.

This would add $5-6 per can of beer, $4-20 dollars per bottle of wine, and $50 or more to whiskey, rum and others. It will also encourage the manufacturers to not make such potent, dangerous products.

If you don't agree with this then you are on the side of the drunk drivers who kill innocent people. You have their blood on your hands.

Define "alcohol related auto crashes". That seems to be a very broad and politically charged term.

 

[Jack Burton]

Define "alcohol related auto crashes". That seems to be a very broad and politically charged term.

I think the term stands well on its own.

 

[IndyDave1776]

I say there should e a special tax on politicians to cover the damage they cause.

 

[Mark 1911]

Would such a “prohibitive” tax effectively be a re-enactment of Prohibition? The lesson of prohibition is that Prohibition never stopped Americans from drinking, it did not eliminate the supply of booze, it only succeeded in creating a black market for booze and unleashing a very violent era of crime and gangs in the United States. Would outlawing of certain types of weapons (re-instating the 1994 ban in an even more restrictive form) effectively create a black market for those weapons types, with black market suppliers competing with each other and creating a new crime wave, similar to the days of Al Capone?

 

[Jack Burton]

Would such a “prohibitive” tax effectively be a re-enactment of Prohibition? The lesson of prohibition is that Prohibition never stopped Americans from drinking, it did not eliminate the supply of booze, it only succeeded in creating a black market for booze and unleashing a very violent era of crime and gangs in the United States. Would outlawing of certain types of weapons (re-instating the 1994 ban in an even more restrictive form) effectively create a black market for those weapons types, with black market suppliers competing with each other and creating a new crime wave, similar to the days of Al Capone?

It can be a smaller tax... say ten cents per percentage point. That will only raise the cost of a bottle of rum by about ten dollars and a can of beer by 50 cents. Who needs more than a couple of cans of beer at a time anyway?

 

[Sfrandolph]

Quit giving the nutcase liberals ideas. They have enough of their own.

 

[ViperJock]

If a drunk hits someone they should be charged with attempted manslaughter (same as firing a gun into a crowd) and then their "stuff" should be sold until it covers the cost of the damage as well as any civil suit.

 

[gotojuston]

I keep trying to find the purple but am missing it... is that intentional?
If you're using this as a parallel to what they're trying to do to firearms, well put and point taken, ridiculous all around.
If you're serious and attempting to delegate "needs" based on your personal viewpoints, we need to have a different discussion.

 

[Thegeek]

Considering how much tax is on booze already, I think the special tax is already there.

 

[Liberty1911]

Since drunk driving isn't an accident, why not make the punishment fit the crime.

 

[cobber]

I say there should e a special tax on politicians to cover the damage they cause.

Not a tax, but each should have to post a bond in the value of $1 billion to cover all the financial shenanigans they might otherwise engage in...

 

[LP1]

I keep trying to find the purple but am missing it... is that intentional?
If you're using this as a parallel to what they're trying to do to firearms, well put and point taken, ridiculous all around.
If you're serious and attempting to delegate "needs" based on your personal viewpoints, we need to have a different discussion.

Finally, someone got the point.

 

[BogWalker]

Since drunk driving isn't an accident, why not make the punishment fit the crime.

Exactly. If a gun unintentionally goes off and kills someone you bet you will get serious charges. Nobody forces you to drink and drive. Should be tried as a standard murder in my opinion.