To Help Stimulate Jobs in Its Wine Industry, New York

question 219

Multiple Choice

To help stimulate jobs in its wine industry, New York does not tax New York wines but taxes other wines $1 per bottle. This tax is:

• A) a constitutional control on intrastate business
• B) constitutional, so long as it is not shown to impede foreign trade
• C) constitutional because New York state interests outweigh other states' interests
• D) constitutional because states have control over alcoholic beverage sales
• E) none of the other choices

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