Eliot Spitzer Declares War On 40 Oz. Malt Liquors

(And, surprise surprise, the Times patronizes the poor…)

Eliot Spitzer has declared war on 40 ounce bottles of malt liquor. If Spitzer gets his way, 40 oz. malt liquors are going to get whopped with a new 79 cent tax. What the hell, man? You can’t price-outlaw Olde E, Country Club and St. Ides out of existence… That’s just wrong.

But the New York Times, venerable patrician paper that they are, decided to interview people in a poor neighborhood.

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