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12-30-2005, 05:59 AM
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 400% tax on cigarettes I saw on the news this morning that California is looking at a 400% tax on cigarettes making a pack almost $7. This has got to be one of the stupidest things I've seen yet. Don't they teach history any more? Tobacco is probably the oldest luxury in human history. They can't possibly think raising the cost is going to make people quit. Whats going to happen is the same thing that happened when they taxed tea and made alcohol illegal. Smokers will simply buy from the black market and revenue will be lost.
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12-30-2005, 06:04 AM
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| Maybe they ought to put a tax on each can of Pepsi/Coke and each Mickey D's quarterpounder w/ cheese! Or how about more taxes on fuel, or how about on air and water!! Or how about another "Boston Tea Party"!!!  |
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12-30-2005, 08:04 AM
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| How about another "Boston Tea Party"? How about a little music? http://www.emp3world.com/mp3/30955/S...%20Tea%20Party
__________________  ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, and politicians. All three need supervision. —DICK ARMEY Click here to view Democrat’s comments on Iraq and WMD’s |
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12-30-2005, 09:22 AM
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| California could tax fruitcakes and make a lot more....
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12-30-2005, 09:32 AM
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__________________ "The Republican Party has shown beyond all doubt that it holds the U.S. Constitution in total contempt. Today, the Republican Party stands for unaccountable executive power. To re-elect such a party is to murder liberty in America." - Paul Roberts, formerAssistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration earning fame as the "Father of Reaganomics" |
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12-30-2005, 10:45 AM
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__________________ ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, and politicians. All three need supervision. —DICK ARMEY Click here to view Democrat’s comments on Iraq and WMD’s |
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12-30-2005, 01:02 PM
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| All the fruitcakes smoke?? 
__________________ When the goin' gets tough, the tough go shopping!  |
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12-30-2005, 02:27 PM
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__________________ ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, and politicians. All three need supervision. —DICK ARMEY Click here to view Democrat’s comments on Iraq and WMD’s |
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12-30-2005, 02:32 PM
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| Yeah - just funnin' with ya. I know this is a touchy subject ... I thought it was no taxation without representation. So if it passes, does that mean that the smokers are in the minority? Naaaa- I think the legislators that do smoke can afford the taxes and aren't worried a bit. 
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12-30-2005, 05:20 PM
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| How about Dodge City getting a fee for every time they use "Get the hell out of Dodge" in a movie or tv show. That alone would pay for boothill. 
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