I have no problem raising taxes on cigarettes. It’s an optional tax meaning you don’t have to smoke. My problem is what they plan to use the tax for - SCHIP. Declaring 25 year olds children.
T-shirt slogans:
Got Gov’t Insurance? Thank Me, I’m a Smoker
My Cigarette pays for your kids Healthcare
My smoking keeps your taxes low
I can’t quit~Thousands are depending on me
Support SCHIP - Buy a Pack of Cigarettes Today
Non-smokers are Selfish tax cheats
Smokers are the backbone of the American tax rolls
America NEEDS you to smoke
A Carton of Cigarettes Saves Lives!
Buy a pack of cigarettes per day - It’s for the children.
Maybe this comment doesn’t exactly fit this theme, but ....
Aren’t you peoples out there getting tired of the MSM running this country?
Congress, Senate and the Pres elect have nothing to do with what is being decided EXCEPT the MSM, we need to decide if WE, the voters are in control or is we need to have a ‘shadow government’ of reporters to elect.....
I have a problem raising taxes on anything.
Well, they can’t have it both ways. Either the tax is to discourage their use or to produce revenue. And like a lot of things in life the two are at cross-odds with each other. If they raise the tax on smokes they will find out which of the two is true in reality.
Like so many things government does the likely actual outcome of the action is directly the opposite of what was intended. Ah yes, the tried and true “Law of Unintended Consequences.”