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Elk Grove (IL) eyes ban on selling cigarettes
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| 1/12/06
| Richard Wronski
Posted on 01/12/2006 12:12:48 PM PST by elkfersupper
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To: Gabz
I don't have a dawg in that fight..I smoked for 41 years..started when i was 14 and had a major heart attack at 55...have not smoked since then. Want to really bad some days, though.
Smoking didn't cause the heart attack...just all the good food we eat here. Smoking did, however, cause the enphyazema and c.o.p.d. to my lungs.
It does, however, gall me to see the goobermint going after a legal business, especially, when they are dancing in the streets over the monies they are collecting from that particular industry.
T'is a topsy turvy world in which we live, methinks.
To: cajun-jack
T'is a topsy turvy world in which we live, methinks. I agree with you. I just wish more would understand.....this is not about tobacco or smoking or even smokers.....it's about reality and it is going to come back and haunt the proponents of these measures because it won't stop here....unless this steam roller is stopped now and put in reverse.
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posted on
01/12/2006 3:35:28 PM PST
by
Gabz
To: Phantom Lord
If the cigarettes come into the town from outside the full faith and credit clause may hold.
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posted on
01/12/2006 3:36:16 PM PST
by
Old Professer
(Fix the problem, not the blame!)
To: Texas Termite
Sounds like it's time to move and get outta Dodge to me! I wouldn't want to pay property taxes in a place that denies me the right to anything LEGAL. And least anyone forget, tobacco is a legal substance.It's totally disgusting what the Boards of Health and our lawmakers have done to the smokers.
Talking out of both sides of their mouths saying they want smoke free everything, yet they can't balance the state budget without taxing smokers over and over. I say it's high time the rest of the state population starts to pay!
Smokers are FED UP!
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posted on
01/12/2006 4:54:49 PM PST
by
SheLion
(Trying to make a life in the BLUE state of Maine!)
To: Gabz; cajun-jack
It's legalized theft in regard to smokers, but not when it comes to the tobacco companies. They agreed to that, as long as the states agreed to let them tack on 100% of the settlement costs onto the price of a pack of cigarettes. Smokers had no place at the table during the working of that deal.![](http://www.hostfile.com/home/darlene/2wolvesandasheep.jpg)
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posted on
01/12/2006 4:57:46 PM PST
by
SheLion
(Trying to make a life in the BLUE state of Maine!)
To: elkfersupper
I am sure they still get their share of state and county tax money from the sale of these items in other areas.
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posted on
01/12/2006 5:28:50 PM PST
by
satchmodog9
(Most people stand on the tracks and never even hear the train coming)
To: Wolfie
Yeah, I thought that too. Perhaps he's just trying to show the hypocrisy of it.
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posted on
01/12/2006 5:31:47 PM PST
by
The Foolkiller
( We're only trying to help people make right decisions-with the full force of government, of course.)
To: biggerten
I'm not a lawyer, and I don't play one on TV, but-
There are 'dry' counties and states that ban alcohol, why is this different?
It's different because they make more money from smokes, since the taxes are about 100 times higher.
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posted on
01/12/2006 5:34:54 PM PST
by
The Foolkiller
( We're only trying to help people make right decisions-with the full force of government, of course.)
To: SheLion
Amen!
But with the help of a very nice lady, I've taken a bite out of the tax man in regard to cigarettes :)
Thanks!!
Nana
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posted on
01/12/2006 6:40:14 PM PST
by
Texas Termite
(We have a new star in the heavens :))
To: Gabz
....unless this steam roller is stopped now and put in reverse.The torches and pitchforks have to come out. But I don't know at this point what it will take.
The lifestyle police have already won on basic mobility, booze, smoking, and housing choices and locations.
Now, they're working on food choices.
The future can be seen in Great Britain, where they have things known as Anti-Social Behavior Orders (ASBO's).
Have you seen this?
Asbos and orders: A glossary
An excerpt:
An Asbo is not a criminal penalty: It is a civil court order usually sought by a local council which bans behaviour in order to protect the public.
To: Diana in Wisconsin
I sure hope they don't ban oleo-margarine, LOL!If somebody likes it, they will find a way to ban it or tax it.
To: Texan5
Back in the fifties, the sheriff of one dry county was it's largest bootlegger.
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posted on
01/12/2006 8:17:43 PM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(“Don't approach a Bull from the front, a Horse from the back, or a Fool from any side.”)
To: Texas Termite
Are you rolling your own now? I think I remember that you started doing that. If so,
![](http://www.hostfile.com/home/darlene/thumbsup.gif)
:)
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posted on
01/13/2006 6:43:38 AM PST
by
SheLion
(Trying to make a life in the BLUE state of Maine!)
Comment #94 Removed by Moderator
To: Thebaddog
"Isn'tg Elk Grove Village one big warehouse park in the flight path of O'hare?"
Same thing I was thinking. All warehouses and a VFW hall. Could be trouble, especially on a Fish Fry night.
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posted on
03/31/2006 4:42:52 PM PST
by
toddlintown
(Lennon takes six bullets to the chest, Yoko is standing right next to him and not one f'ing bullet?)
To: SheLion
When National Prohibition kicked in, the City of Chicago lost 25% of its yearly revenue of $32 mil when they lost the $1,000 saloon license fees (8,000 saloons). They petitioned Congress at least twice to allow "light beers and wines."
History repeats.
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posted on
03/31/2006 4:46:50 PM PST
by
toddlintown
(Lennon takes six bullets to the chest, Yoko is standing right next to him and not one f'ing bullet?)
To: radioman
How long before nicotine addicts share prison space with heroin addicts?They can share space with people that smoke Marijuana leaves.
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posted on
03/31/2006 4:47:04 PM PST
by
Doe Eyes
To: toddlintown
When National Prohibition kicked in, the City of Chicago lost 25% of its yearly revenue of $32 mil when they lost the $1,000 saloon license fees (8,000 saloons). They petitioned Congress at least twice to allow "light beers and wines."
History repeats.This is ridiculous! The damn lawmakers can't balance their state budgets without the taxes on cigarettes, so who is kidding who here?!
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posted on
04/01/2006 8:39:20 AM PST
by
SheLion
(Trying to make a life in the BLUE state of Maine!)
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