Comments on: Rose, excise tax, logistics and Hermitage signs – sipped and spit

By: logistics madrid

logistics madrid — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:55:26 +0000

we need something that is tax free. and in this regard logistics services can acomplish a great job.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:15:56 +0000

Clever visual for the wine excise tax.

In regards to Lego’s comment, my guess is that people will still pay for these items at their marginal increase in tax, thus remaining a growing part of the economy. I expect many will likely not even notice when they are paying a little more.

By: Lego

Lego — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:14:07 +0000

I used to think I would like living in Canada. Now I’m not so sure.

To make my point applicable to Canada. How many people buy U.S. $5 plonk produced by Gallo, instead of $10-$15 wine by a small producer because of taxes? How many people don’t buy wine at all because they can’t get something decent at a reasonable price? (Some people may consider 100% reasonable, but I don’t).

By: Weston

Weston — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:06:05 +0000

100% tax up here in British Columbia Canada, and we seem to live with it ok. Lots of people still drink wine, and even support their local wineries even when the cheapest wine is 20$ (which would most likely be a 9-11$ bottle of wine in the USA

By: Lego

Lego — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:31:47 +0000

I can see taxing soda’s and high fructose corn syrup, we actually provide subsidies for those beverages via high fructose corn syrup. However, I find it very strange to raise taxes on beer and wine under the guise of health reform. Both products have been proven to provide health benefits in moderate amounts. Do we really want to increase taxes on products that are actually growing our economy? Small wineries and breweries are already fighting to maintain competitive prices against imports and larger brewing companies.