Norquist to Tanden: " Neera you ignorant slut..."
On Feb. 4, 2009, only two weeks after being sworn into office, Barack Obama signed a bill to increase spending on the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (known as SCHIP) by $32.8 billion, to be funded by tax increases on cigarettes and other tobacco products.
This broke his promise of no tax increases for people making less than $250,000 annually. Or did he think only milionaires smoke cigarettes?
Obama's U.S. Federal Tax Increases on Tobacco:
(pay special attention to 3d item down)
Tax on a pack of cigarettes from $0.39 to $1.01 per pack
Tax on pipe tobacco from $1.0969 per pound to $2.83 per pound
Tax on RYO tobacco from $1.0969 per pound to $24.78 per pound
Tax on cigarette papers (50 or less) from $0.0122 to $0.0315
Tax on cigarette tubes (50 or less) from $0.0244 to $0.0630
The more we smoke, the healthier our chilrun will be!
I have several things I’d like to say to Tanden.