Comments on: Alcohol Prices On The Rise In BC? http://www.cherriesandclay.com/2009/12/09/alcohol-prices-on-the-rise-in-bc/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:27:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jake http://www.cherriesandclay.com/2009/12/09/alcohol-prices-on-the-rise-in-bc/#comment-1104 Jake Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:29:34 +0000 http://www.cherriesandclay.com/?p=2063#comment-1104 Great points, thanks Shea. Great points, thanks Shea.

]]> By: Shea http://www.cherriesandclay.com/2009/12/09/alcohol-prices-on-the-rise-in-bc/#comment-1094 Shea Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:54:17 +0000 http://www.cherriesandclay.com/?p=2063#comment-1094 More expensive alcohol is already taxed at a lower percentage. Taxing lower cost alcohol even more will make alcohol taxation even more regressive than it already is. The answer, however, cannot be to raise the taxes on high end alcohol either or your effective marginal rate will become so prohibitive that either general revenues will probably decline or people who drink high end alcohol will bear a disproportionate burden of the social costs of alcohol consumption (which is probably already the case). Further, this study is ridiculous in its methodology. There needs to be a far more robust look at the correlation of both alcohol consumption to 'alcohol related injuries/deaths' (there could theoretically be other causes besides an increase in alcohol consumption), and the correlation between pricing and consumption, assuming the previous study provides sufficient data to undergird a solid correlation. Without a broader range of metrics and a more robust analysis, this study is effectively useless. More expensive alcohol is already taxed at a lower percentage. Taxing lower cost alcohol even more will make alcohol taxation even more regressive than it already is. The answer, however, cannot be to raise the taxes on high end alcohol either or your effective marginal rate will become so prohibitive that either general revenues will probably decline or people who drink high end alcohol will bear a disproportionate burden of the social costs of alcohol consumption (which is probably already the case).

Further, this study is ridiculous in its methodology. There needs to be a far more robust look at the correlation of both alcohol consumption to ‘alcohol related injuries/deaths’ (there could theoretically be other causes besides an increase in alcohol consumption), and the correlation between pricing and consumption, assuming the previous study provides sufficient data to undergird a solid correlation. Without a broader range of metrics and a more robust analysis, this study is effectively useless.

]]> By: Weston http://www.cherriesandclay.com/2009/12/09/alcohol-prices-on-the-rise-in-bc/#comment-1016 Weston Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:30:49 +0000 http://www.cherriesandclay.com/?p=2063#comment-1016 I don't mind lower prices crap being raised but then higher priced like lets say 50$ or more drop in taxes to 50%? like that is going to happen ah well I don’t mind lower prices crap being raised but then higher priced like lets say 50$ or more drop in taxes to 50%? like that is going to happen ah well

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