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October 1972

Once Over Lightly

Sense and nonsense on the road to recovery

BOOZE IS LEGAL IRS TAX DEDUCTION. So said a headline somewhere. It's true, you can deduct alcoholic beverages provided you have the correct setup. What's that? Easy. Merely run a goat farm. It seems that after nannies give birth, one of the better ways of bringing weak kids around is to give them a little booze. It is reported to work fine on the tax return (which is more than you can say for what it does to the baby goats). But you might have to go to the IRS office to explain what you mean by the deduction "Bourbon for the kids."

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