Posted on 03/26/2009 9:43:44 AM PDT by sauropod
About a week ago, a mailer from a cigar company I have dealt with arrived at my home. It contained this text:
Dear Friends,
As many of you know and some may not, one of President Obama's first actions was to sign into legislation what is known as the SCHIP bill. This legislation provides for health insurance for children. This legislation was vetoed by President Bush twice as an unfair tax on the American people. This program is almost entirely funded by the tobacco industry, and not just cigarettes. Some of the new taxes on tobacco increase by 2400%. That's not a typo. I guess cigar smokers are lucky. Most cigars only see a 700% increase in federal taxes. The list of some of the new taxes are below.
- Little cigars will be increased from $1.828/thousand to $50.33 per thousand
- Cigarettes will increase from 39 cents per pack to $1.01 per pack
- Pipe tobacco will increase from $1.0969 per pound to $2.8311 per pound
- RYO (Rolling Tobacco) will increase from $1.0969 per pound to $24.78 per pound
- Most cigars will increase from 4.875 cents to 40 cents per cigar
These new tax rates go into effect April 1st. Make sure to send your thank you note to your congressional representatives and to the President. I'm sure most of us won't be affected by these absurd taxes because the President promised us no new taxes if we make less than $250,000 per year and politicians don't lie.
They really need this money so they can lend another 40 trillion dollars to banks that won't lend money to the American public but give out bonuses in the hundreds of millions to their executives. We may change our name to ***** *** Cigar Savings & Loan so we can qualify for a few million ourselves.
I guarantee you that if our Founding Fathers knew that a future American government would tax tobacco like this; they would have raised one last ale, packed the horses, gone home, and sworn allegiance to King George III.
At least baseball season is here.
Sincerely,
First they came for the cigar smokers. I said nothing because I was not a cigar smoker...
Congrats on the newest addition!!!!!
Good to see you, it’s been a while.
Same here. I miss the piture of Coolbreeze and the car in the ditch.
hope yall are fine.
No more ditches for that car. It’s my car, and I drive better than coolbreeze :)
Oh, I forgot to tell you. My daughter the motner of my granddaughter who turned one the forth of this month, is expecting child two in Oct.
I was 54 when the first was born, before I turn 56, I’ll have 3 grandchildren.
Life is great.
Give him driving lessons.
Holey Moley!!!!!
Coolbreeze turned 54 Monday, and we just have the 10yo :)
He started later than me. I was 26 when daughter was born. He was 44?
He was 43. She’ll be 11 in July. I turn 49 in September.......we both started late :)
Thanks, I’ll check it out.
I thought yo were 30ish. Laura Earl will be 5 in Nov.
A child is a gift from God at any age!
Remember, a man is only as old as the woman he feels!
Thanks for the ping!
“But I will not be a know it all exsmoker.”
I am absolutely sure of that! Good to see ya FRiend. How ya been?
Yep, I knew about this last week. Incredible! Some cigars only cost $3! Now, they will cost $4.50.
Agreed
Good to hear. Things here are going pretty darn good too. Keep safe.
We’ve got dry powder and the smoke house is stocked. Take care.
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