MADD favors higher beer taxes to fund its agenda

The following is from an article on a proposed rollback of the tax on beer.  As you can guess MADD is against it and wants higher beer taxes, more police and more prosecutions.  You can find the original/complete article here.

But groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) argue that lowering the tax will harm underage drinkers because beer will become more affordable to youths who are especially sensitive to prices. MADD points out that young people consume approximately 10% of all beer sold, with more than 1.1 billion cans of beer consumed annually by underage drinkers.

“A lower tax could lead to more deaths among young underage drinkers,” said Millie Webb, national president of MADD “The beer industry keeps pushing hard by saying how much the cost of beer is taxes but the fact is that a six pack of beer costs less than a six pack of soda in many parts of the country.”

In fact, MADD supports a substantial increase in the taxes with the increased revenue to be used to fund alcohol abuse countermeasures, including enforcement and prosecution of impaired driving.