To paraphrase Bob Dylan . . .

[yuushi]

"Everybody must get stoned . . . and taxed"

So my Southern MD friends might want to head to VA for their booze purchases:

Alcohol May Come With A New Kind Of HighAlcohol may soon come with a new kind of high. It’s not stronger proof. It’s a higher tax.

Alex DeMetrick reports supporters of a “Dime a Drink Tax” think they have a shot at making it happen in Maryland.

If you like to pull a cork, you might pay an extra 10 cents for every glass.

It’s called the “Dime a Drink Tax,” and it would hit all alcoholic drinks, if Maryland’s legislature approves it this year.
To quote Master and Madame Thernadier:

"Everybody raise a glass!
Raise it up the master's ass!"

Of course this could be struck down, like Philadelphia Mayor Nutter's Tax on Soda last year. But hey . . . like the Beatles say:

"(if you drive a car,) - I’ll tax the street;
(if you try to sit,) - I’ll tax your seat;
(if you get too cold,) - I’ll tax the heat;
(if you take a walk,) - I'll tax your feet . . .

'Cause I’m the taxman,
Yeah, I’m the taxman.

And you're working for no one but me."