Beshear at it again (non-gaming related)

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This guy is just dying to get money coming into his state, and it doesn't matter WHERE it comes from, even if it means taxing the state's main farming product - tobacco.

So when people in KY can't afford to smoke anymore, then the tobacco farmers start hurting.....go figure. The same goes for Alcohol....seeing as how 99% of all bourbon is made in KY.

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Tough as it was for lawmakers to narrowly approve tax increases last week, the new revenue they will generate is modest and serves only to ease the state's budget crisis in the current fiscal year.

Next year will be another matter.

Gov. Steve Beshear acknowledged that Friday as he signed into law House Bill 144, which raised taxes on tobacco and store sales of beer, wine and liquor.

"We all know that today's action -- as significant as it is, and as important as it is for our children -- is but a temporary solution," he said. "Next year's challenges, by virtually every expert's judgment, may well be even more daunting."

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