With five weeks to go and forecasts promising, students can enjoy signature events of Ohio University in the spring, including Palmerfest, barbecues at Strouds Run and the conversion of all passable sidewalks into cornhole tournaments.
At the same time, a favorite beverage often paired with these and other college pastimes might become more expensive if the Ohio Congress passes a bill increasing the tax on beer.
When asked about this legislation, a general consensus among students developed. An additional 41 cents per case of beer might mean slightly skinnier wallets come Sunday morning, but the beer cans piled outside Saturday night will not shrink in quantity.
Fifty cents isn't that much
senior Dave Dakolios said. I don't know that anyone would notice.
Other students said that although they might notice the increase, they will not change their purchasing or drinking habits.
Yeah it kind of sucks but everything else costs so much
like the price of gas. (Fifty cents) is nothing
sophomore Taylor Christman said.
Christman said she did not foresee a tax increase as a concern for her own pocketbook.
A lot of it I get from parties
so it's not a real issue
she said. I'm a girl
so I just get if from my guy friends.
The beer tax is part of a comprehensive tax reform geared to lowering some taxes while raising others. Gov. Bob Taft said the goal of the reform is to reduce the burden for individuals and spur business growth
according to an April 20 article in The Columbus Dispatch.
However, Kevin Lee, manager of the Anheuser-Busch brewery in Columbus, said in the article that the tax would only hurt his business.
According to The Dispatch, the last time government doubled the beer tax in 1991, nearly 60,000 people lost jobs in the beer industry because of less consumption.
It potentially could happen again
Lee said.
According to students, OU is one place where beer industries do not have to fret.
I'd rather it not happen
but I don't think 50 cents is that great a deal
