We Might As Well Be Drunker, If We're Going to Be Poorer

The lords giveth: "The state Senate gave final approval Wednesday to increasing the limit on alcohol in North Carolina beers and other malt beverages from 6 percent to 15 percent." And the lords taketh away: the budget that state legislative czars have been working on in total secrecy is bound to continue the historic redistribution of the tax burden onto North Carolina's working people.

Enjoy yours suds!