Show PUBLIC USE OF BEER TAXES TWO BILLION DOLLARS r N SCHOOLS PENSIONS RELIEF L I 1 r r i r PUBLIC GENER L STATE LD C CHILDREN HEALTH pm ENS institutions REDU REDUCE E AID TO REFUND TREASURE REFUND REAL ESTATE E BANK PROPERTY TA TAX LOSSES TAX OLD age pensions schools public welfare and general expenses are outstanding among a dozen purposes to which federal state and lo io ml cil beer taxes amounting to two billion dollars have been allocated la in the six years since according accordia to a nationwide nation wide survey of ber revenue rie federal government which has collected a billion and a halt half dollars from this source uses beer taxes tor for general purposes and many states deposit all or part of 0 the income from beer taxa taxation lion in the general funds but large 0 appropriations or ar specific effle im also aio ai o have ave been made fru rom m the total liala ha billion dollar beer evenue within the states the survey reveals that beer revenue lias has been earmarked by states tor for old age ae pensions pubic seh schools state institutions L bellef re lie I 1 public health bund crippled and dependent call firmi TI to replace real comate maset to reduce property lacea to treasury bal u ea aej to re remind and losses ot of public deposits depril 3 in closed banks filter n states allocate all or a larg birge e part of their revenue from beer to some form of public welfare such as social security and other old age pensions relief public health and care of children according to the united brewers industrial foundation which conducted the survey florida devotes its entire income froni beer to old age pensions and blind crippled and dependent children colorado allocates 85 to old age pensions and a portion of the remainder to other welfare purposes other states earmarking high percentages cen lor for public welfare include ohio oregon new mexico and wyoming ten states expend large portions of their beer revenue on educational institutions georgia allocates all beer income to the common school fund and oklahoma appropriates 95 tor for this purpose texas divides its entire revenue between old age pensions and schools iowa applies its beer taxes to a sicking fund to repay public deposits lost in bank failures and north dakota apportions the money to co antiss antles to replace real estate taxes hampshire uses a portion to rehabilitate treasury balances |