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Monday, December 22, 2008

Editorial: Raise Wisconsin's alcohol tax to help address issue

December 22, 2008

We know that too many people in Wisconsin drive drunk. We read about repeat drunken driving offenders almost every day.

And, as The Post-Crescent revealed in its extensive State of Drinking series last summer, Wisconsinites have a litany of other alcohol-related problems that rank high among states in the nation.

We appreciate that the Wisconsin District Attorneys Association wants to raise the state's beer and liquor taxes. This is long overdue. The beer tax hasn't been raised in almost 40 years and the tax on alcohol hasn't gone up since 1981. . . . . .

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