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Chuck Schumer Wants To Keep Your Microbrews Cheap
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Christopher Robbins
Published May 6, 2012
Modified May 6, 2012
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Senator Chuck Schumer has taken many a courageous stand against issues like arsenic in apple juice and OnStar snooping, but his defense of the microbreweries in the face of a recent elimination of a tax exemption in New York ranks among his most noble. “It would be a great thing for our state to have this industry grow, but this court decision could clobber them,” Schumer said at an appearance at the East Village Tavern. Too bad he didn't extend that Super Bowl bet to making Robert Kraft pick up the new taxes.
According to the Daily News, Schumer is supporting the "BEER Act," (GET IT?) which would offer microbreweries up to 50% tax deductions. Currently brewers pay a $7 tax on the first 60,000 barrels of beer, but the BEER Act would cut it down to $3.50.
As long as our Country Club stays steady at $1.50 a bottle, we'll be just fine.
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins is a New York City reporter covering transportation, affordable housing, local politics, and criminal justice. His work has also appeared in New York Magazine, The Village Voice and The New York Times. Chris is a graduate of Patrick Henry High School in Roanoke, Virginia, and enjoys biking to Fort Tilden in the summertime.
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