I sure hope it was Forbes who funded this study. Without “second hand smoke”, the ‘RATS wouldn’t have their beloved S-CHIP program “for the children.” They need to just shut up and knock off the whining.
Herkimer, NY, as of Thursday -
Carton of M Red = $82
No, I did not buy it.
Of interest, the store clerk had to actually ring it up on the scannar when I asked, because she did not know the price. They aren’t selling at all.
Yet everone I saw go in the store was smoking.
I SMELL BULLSH!T
With all the smoke Obama’s been blowing,
I’m surprised the number isn’t higher.
Sarcasm off.
Does it ever occur to low income people, if they smoke to NOT SMOKE if it bothers the so much? Is there something stopping low income people from asking those around them not to smoke near them? Or is politeness also an "income issue"? Liberals make me crazy!!!
...so what? I’m exposed to something far more dangerous: stupidity. (Thanks SOOOO much Congress, et al.)
After that, it started getting a little crazy.
Now I work in a school and smokers have to walk across the parking lot and stand outside the gate to smoke. Even if it's raining or worse. It's Nuts.
The socialist getting on the UN band wagon to eliminate smoking from society under the guise “second hand smoke” kills. Produce one single dead body that was killed from second hand smoke! I am not a smoker, but, certainly can see the writing on the wall in this stupid campaign, first it will be tobacco, then alcohol, and after that the sky will be the limit for these nanny state disciples who think they can play the part of a victim and force everyone else to submit to their stupid kookery. I say they can all get bent!
Afer all, through their support for the CULTURE OF DEATH party, they all have too much blood on their hands to worry about that which leads to the deaths of MILLIONS daily.
These JACKASS DUmocrats vote in the same murderers year after year who have participated in a genocide far worse than Hitler and his minions unleashed on the world. They should feel lucky their mothers didn't feel the same about the pieces of excrement which they brought into the world.
If I thought this study was true, I would move to NYC and start smoking.
What about the impact of firsthand taxes?
is there such a thing as second hand liberalism?
Michigan Revenue Declining; Sharpest Monthly Decline In 25 Years
03/11/09
09:29:49 am, Categories: State News, Taxation
Michigan Revenue Declining; Sharpest Monthly Decline In 25 Years
Michigan residents bought fewer Michigan lottery tickets, cigarettes, clothes, restaurant meals and household goods, as they saw the stock market plummet and the economic outlook darken.
The sharp pullback in consumer spending sent sales tax receipts downward 18 percent in February, or more than $100 million. It will force Gov. Jennifer Granholm and lawmakers to cut the budget more, agree on tax increases or use more of the federal economic stimulus money to balance the state's books.
It was the steepest monthly decline in 25 years.
Overall revenue declines total $200 million from forecasts made just seven weeks ago.
Since income tax receipts from paycheck withholding were pretty flat in February, economists say concerned consumers may be putting away their credit cards and spending less.
“The big reason revenues are tanking is that consumers are negative and they're saving their money,” Senate Fiscal Agency economist David Zin said Wednesday. “We thought consumers would ratchet up the savings and they've done so even more than we thought.”
Also down were tax receipts on specific forms of discretionary spending, according to the agency's new revenue report. Tobacco tax receipts were down 6.7 percent and casino wagering taxes were down 7 percent. Michigan Lottery ticket sales dropped nearly 19 percent. One factor that explains some of the decline from a year ago was that February 2008 provided a 29th day of sales.
Tax collections from the sale of real estate are down 42 percent from a year ago. While the focus of the state's economic woe is the auto sector, sales tax receipts from car sales actually climbed 15 percent last month.
For the full article, see Peter Luke, “Michigan Lottery sales, taxes on cigarettes and casino gambling plummet; Gov. Jennifer Granholm says revenue decline is ‘breathtaking’”, MLive, March 11, 2009.
The only second hand smoke I’m getting is the smoke being blown up my butt by the POTUS and Congress.
I sure New York air would be pure as the driven snow without all that nasty secondhand smoke.