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Monday, January 5, 2009

Alcohol's excise taxes bringing in less state revenue

BY PAUL HUGHES REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN

People in Connecticut don't seem to be drowning their economic blues in brews, booze or Beaujolais.

Slumping tax collections suggest folks are buying less beer, liquor and wine amid some of the most depressing times since the Great Depression. The revenue figures also indicate the distribution and sale of alcohol aren't recession-proof businesses, either.
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