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FRANKFORT, Ky. — It wasn’t quite the Boston Tea Party. The proof was a little higher. Kentucky bourbon-industry officials stood shoulder to shoulder Tuesday and poured spirits on the state Capitol’s front steps to protest a proposed 6 percent sales tax on all booze.
“They’ve always been taxing us to death over the years,” said Jimmy Russell, master distiller at Lawrenceburg, Ky.-based Wild Turkey, moments after pouring out an entire bottle of bourbon.
Lawmakers on the House Appropriations and Revenue Committee approved the tax measure, which includes doubling the state’s cigarette tax from 30 to 60 cents a pack.
