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We Have to Stimulate Something

First, from the department of childish humor:

?How can you spend hundreds of millions of dollars on contraceptives?? Boehner asked. ?How does that stimulate the economy?? Boehner said congressional Republicans are also concerned about the size of the package.

I feel like Beavis and Butthead. Moving on.

Second, props to Obama for the "I won" comment.

Thrid, the Gov is flirting with the idea of raising taxes on wines. This got me thinking. California is currently about half a notch above "Sinners at the Hands of an Angry God" crazy when it comes to the sale of booze. Two in the morning the law says, making last call somewhere around 1:30 to 1:45 if you're lucky. This leads to far too many people leaving fine establishments serving libations either sober, alone, or both. Here's my idea. Increase the time to sell alcohol til 4 AM, but only if the alcohol will be consumed on the premises (read: keep bars open late, but not liquor stores). The sales tax will satisfy state and local coffers. The increased size of the booze tax revenue will do the same. Surely this will stimulate the economy (among other things). AND the populace will drink its misery away. It'll be 1933 all over again.

Who could possibly oppose this? Well yeah them. But I think we can bone up this bill with stiffer DUI penalties (more $$$ for the state incidentally). At the very least, this is a better idea than the plan proposed by the Legislature. Their leadership has been far too flaccid.

Full post as published by Nuts & Boalts on January 23, 2009 (boomark / email).