> ...alcohol taxes are too low Citation needed - seriously. Mark Kleinman the "War on Alcohol guy"?!? Arguments about taxation could go on for a very long time. Is the tax having the effect we wanted. Should taxes be used for social engineering? Is the govt even using the money to cure the social ills they promised theyd solve - apparently not for cigarettes because smokings coming back in a big way.

> the taxes are not blood money Actually they are - here's the definition: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blood%20money