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Mississippi House raises tax on small cigarette makers
(What WILL they think of nex?)
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| By Bobby Harrison
Posted on 02/03/2006 12:57:31 AM PST by WKB
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posted on
02/03/2006 12:57:32 AM PST
by
WKB
To: SheLion; ToddBush; gbaker; realmagnolia; cdbear; caryatid; cincinnati65; mpackard; titleist975; ...
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posted on
02/03/2006 12:58:54 AM PST
by
WKB
(Jesus Saving the Baptist\ The Baptist saving the South, The South saving the Nation)
To: mariabush
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posted on
02/03/2006 1:02:20 AM PST
by
WKB
(Jesus Saving the Baptist\ The Baptist saving the South, The South saving the Nation)
To: WKB
And people actually think there is a difference between Rats and Republicans..
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posted on
02/03/2006 1:04:15 AM PST
by
Tyche
(It is easier to take life than to give it.)
To: Tyche
There is a BIG difference between Haley Barbour
and the rats in the MS. Legislature
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posted on
02/03/2006 1:17:31 AM PST
by
WKB
(Jesus Saving the Baptist\ The Baptist saving the South, The South saving the Nation)
To: WKB
I don't get it. Taxes on small cig companies? The brand x cigs?
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posted on
02/03/2006 1:34:51 AM PST
by
onyx
To: onyx
House Ways and Means Chairman Percy Watson, D-Hattiesburg, said the small companies, many of which did not exist before the lawsuit, don't have the expense of the settlement costs and therefore have an unfair advantage over the large cigarette manufacturers
Just trying to be fair.
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posted on
02/03/2006 1:39:04 AM PST
by
WKB
(Jesus Saving the Baptist\ The Baptist saving the South, The South saving the Nation)
To: WKB
"States sued the large tobacco companies in the 1990s in an attempt to recoup government money spent on the treatment of tobacco-related illnesses. Sure. How much does anyone want to bet ANY of that money goes back to the public.
The tax, which would generate about $15 million annually, would be spent on the state-owned nursing homes for military veterans and to establish a cancer research center at University Medical Center.
Sure it will. That's what they always say. It's just an easy tax grab, and will continue until Cigarettes are $11.25 a pack like in Canada.
To: WKB
Oh yes, it's all about being fair...lol. Now I understand their thinking, but the fact remains they're just itching to impose a tax and this one is directly aimed at the POOR who smoke the off brand cigs. Might even be able to call this tax 'racial.'
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posted on
02/03/2006 1:43:39 AM PST
by
onyx
To: SheLion; Gabz; Wolfie
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posted on
02/03/2006 1:44:36 AM PST
by
freepatriot32
(Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
To: albertp; Allosaurs_r_us; Abram; AlexandriaDuke; Americanwolf; Annie03; Baby Bear; bassmaner; ...
Libertarian ping.To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here
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posted on
02/03/2006 1:46:31 AM PST
by
freepatriot32
(Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
To: onyx
'racial.'
You can't use the R word on FR
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posted on
02/03/2006 1:46:44 AM PST
by
WKB
(Jesus Saving the Baptist\ The Baptist saving the South, The South saving the Nation)
To: WKB
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posted on
02/03/2006 1:48:20 AM PST
by
onyx
To: onyx
The poor in Canada don't quit. They just get unhealthier because they can't afford decent foods, and end up eating the cheapest processed fat they can in order to afford a pack of cigarettes. And crime goes up. You can make more money smuggling cigrettes across the border than you can selling pot.
To: Nathan Zachary
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posted on
02/03/2006 1:50:28 AM PST
by
onyx
To: WKB
Hello Black Market BUMP!
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posted on
02/03/2006 2:18:38 AM PST
by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
To: freepatriot32; The Foolkiller; Just another Joe; Madame Dufarge; Cantiloper; metesky; kattracks; ...
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posted on
02/03/2006 2:59:44 AM PST
by
SheLion
(Trying to make a life in the BLUE state of Maine!)
To: WKB
Let's see, the extortion of smokers disguised as a tax, has been tied to the children, veterans, nursing homes.
The only thing missing so far is cute little puppies.
The power to tax is the power to destroy.
To: Tyche
Amy Tuck is no Republican - she got started as a Rat and "changed" to Republican to increase her chances of staying..
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posted on
02/03/2006 4:37:36 AM PST
by
trebb
("I am the way... no one comes to the Father, but by me..." - Jesus in John 14:6 (RSV))
To: Madame Dufarge
The only thing missing so far is cute little puppies. You mean these?
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posted on
02/03/2006 5:35:13 AM PST
by
WKB
(Jesus Saving the Baptist\ The Baptist saving the South, The South saving the Nation)
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