"(CBS) "Tax nukes, not beer!" and "Taxation without representation is tyranny!" were the slogans Thursday as demonstrators gathered at the Great Salt Lake in Utah, pouring beer into the lake to underscore their anger over the state's recent increase in taxes on beer.
Pub owner Greg Schirf, of the Wasatch Brewing Company, and his supporters dressed up in early American costumes to create what they said was their own version of the Boston Tea Party - the 18th century protest by Colonial Americans over British taxes on tea.
The beer tax in Utah is rising from $11 a barrel to $12.80, as a result of a bill passed during the last session of the state legislature.
Schirf argues that it's not fair for the state to try to balance the budget on the backs of a select group of the population."
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