^I saw a study once that found an inverse correlation between income and malt-liquor consumption.
So the lower your income gets, the higher your malt-liquor consumption is. It makes all the sense in the world, though, I mean if you can get wasted for just a little more than 3 bucks, and your life sucks because you're poor, of course you're going to throw down a few bucks and try to forget about your problems for a bit.
Oh man there's really nothing in the world like a decent malt-liquor hangover; its a completely incapacitating experience. All those nasty congeners just poisoning the crap out of you; the last time I had one I had to do strong opiates because it hurt so bad.