Connection

As usual I am missing something here. Maybe somebody can inform me of the connection that I just can't see.<br />n<br />n<blockquote> Desperate in searching for treatment, Ron Clem sold his home in Kalispell to get his middle daughter, Carren, off methamphetamine several years ago. <br />n<br />nThe retired police officer and his family ended up shelling out $112,000 for a lengthy treatment regimen in another country. His daughter, though, is still sober and off the streets. <br />n<br />n"I would pay twice that," Clem told the Senate Taxation Committee on Friday. "My daughter is alive today; she's in recovery. But gentlemen, that is no thanks to Montana."</blockquote><br />n<br />nNow what would you think this story is about. Lack of treatment centers in the state or an attempt to increase the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/02/12/build/state/65-beer-tax.inc" target=_"new">beer tax</a>? If you choose the beer tax, you're right. But what does treatment for an addiction and a beer tax have to do with each other? "No thanks to Montana." Did Montana get her started? I have nothing against treatment but where is Montana's responsibility in this and why target beer for this? Why not tax diapers to pay for this? It makes as much sense.<br />n<br />nThen the question becomes will Governor <acronym title="Brian Schweitzer">BS</acronym> support it. You all remember he pledged <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?display=rednews/2005/01/20/build/state/25-state-state.inc" target="_new">not to raise taxes</a>.<br />n<br />nSo, were going after <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/02/11/build/state/65-smoking-ban.inc" target="_new">smokers</a> and now beer drinkers, who's next on the agenda? Noisy kids?<br />n<br />n<br />n<b>Taxes are the chief business of a conqueror of the world. George Bernard Shaw</b>