Senator moves to triple booze tax

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Montgomery County Sen. Jennie Forehand, who has already put in a bill to repeal the new sales tax on computer services, said she will introduce legislation today to triple the taxes on beer, wine and alcohol to replace the tax.

“This computer tax is really bad for the economy,” said Sen. Jennie Forehand. “If you get rid of one tax, you have to find another tax to fill in the funding. We were all looking for something that wasn?t a necessity.”

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