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Originally Posted by jeezeweeze  Getting back to who is going to pay for this healthcare, and congress thinks a big ole hike in cigarette tax would be a good idea. I am reasonably sure all the non smokers prolly figure uh huh good idea.
Well I was researching to see if there maybe is a website like "send a brick to Washington. com, only send a diaper.......... I ran across this and this should stir up a big ole hornets nest.
Try to read it if you can. Whoa
Anyway how bout we raise taxes on disposable diapers, after all they are not necessary..............UH OH we are gonna strike nerve here.
Point is, there is something in everyone's life that could be a sticky wicket if it is singled out for higher taxes. A Tale of Two Diapers by Peggy O'Mara - Editorials on Natural Family Living |
The Dems proposing to raise "sin taxes" on smokes and or alcohol is an ez way out. More poor people smoke than do wealthy so they are going to charge them more to pay for their own healthcare...hmmmm...
*One-third of lower-income adults smoke versus one-fifth of middle- and high-income earners, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
*High school graduates who smoke spend some $1,453 on tobacco products each year, versus just $1,248 for smokers with professional degrees.
*High school dropouts who smoke spend three to four times as much of their income on tobacco products as professionals who smoke (4.47 percent and 1.27 percent, respectively).
Actually raising taxes on anything is not the way to pay for something. How about cutting back in other area's.
The Dems are always coming up with ways to raise taxes because they think they can spend your money better than you do.
Another tax on stupidity is the lottery.....
*The dollar amount spent on the lottery by the lowest-income individuals
(earning less than $10,000 annually) is twice as much as the highest earners (earning more than $100,000 annually).
*But lotteries have worse odds than other forms of gambling; in fact, states retain some 33 cents of each dollar of lottery revenue - whereas privately owned casinos keep just 4.4 percent of the take.