SB51

SB51 Sponsors- Daniel Sovich, Alex Smierciak, Meghan Stepanick

ssue Category and Bill Title- Banning Alcohol Health and Safety

Purpose- Our purpose is to ban alcohol from all people in the United States. Banning alcohol would be a big step into the future for the United States. Alcohol is an over abused substance that is destroying certain parts of our nation. Almost fifty percent of fatal car accidents are caused by people under the influence of alcohol. Every twenty-two minutes, some dies in a car crash. One in every ten drivers on the road in the United States the weekend is driving under the influence. Another problem with alcohol is how it affects the brain of teens. Seventy percent of teens drink alcohol. It is the leading cause of disability in the United State.

Eligibility- Our bill applies to all people. It also affects people who make alcohol or work for alcohol companies. They will all lose their jobs. It affects the bars and places that serve alcohol. Many people drink beer or other alcoholic beverages when they go out to eat, or when they are at their homes. They have to now find a substitution for alcohol.

Terms and Benefits- The first step of banning alcohol is to shut down all alcohol making companies and turn them into different companies to provide those who lost their jobs, and give them a tax cut. Then we take all the alcohol from bars and other places that sell and produce alcohol. They will have to start selling more soft drinks. The next thing to do is advertise the new law that states alcohol is prohibited from every age group no matter what the circumstance. We will have to use commercial advertisement on the internet, the television, and radio. After that, people will have to be assigned as a job to make sure people don’t drink alcohol or sell alcohol. The last thing we must do to make our bill is give jobs to people who lost their jobs. After they start making enough money, we will take away their tax cut.

Fiscal Impact- In order to go about these tasks we will need money and places to get the money. One of the ways to prevent the usage of alcohol would be to close down the the factories where alcohol is produced. However, all of the people who worked in those factories will lose their jobs, so the government will need to help provide them with job replacements. One of the jobs that they can help out with is checking to make sure that alcohol is not being sold in stores and bars. Their salaries will be determined depending on their hard work throughout the first few weeks. Until this salary is determined they will be receiving minimum wage. We will aslo need to create billboards, commericals, PSAs, and radio broadcasts to alert people that alcohol is illegal. Billboards cost around 750 dollars a month to use. A local commercial costs around 10,000 dollars for thirty seconds, whereas national commericials can cost about 200,000 dollars for thirty seconds. The money for local commericials will come from city taxes and the money for national commericials will come from country tax. These advertisements will need to be displayed for at least two years, so insure that the public is aware that alcohol has been made illegal. To pay for the advertisements, it would safely cost $215,000.