[unixfox]

It's for the children. /sarc

[elkfersupper]

A brief look at geography will tell you that Texas has a rather long border with another country.

A brief look at politics will tell you that the border is porous to the point of being non-existent and is likely to remain so.

The last time I checked, cigarettes may be bought across that border for somewhere between $0.75 and $3.00 per carton, depending upon the quantity and the source.

Hello, black market and all the joys that brings.

[elkfersupper]

Both are talking about the $1 increase in the tax on a pack of cigarettes that Texas smokers will start paying Jan. 1 as part of the sweeping overhaul of the state’s school finance system

Where is the nexus here?

I thought schoolkids couldn't smoke.

[Jet Jaguar]

You may start seeing military families selling smokes and dip from their cars.

And you will see a big increase in sales by Indian Reservations.

[vinnie1005]

What we as smoking, tax paying citizens of Texas are forgetting is that there is a process in which we can call for a recall of a bill ,such as this on,and request that it be put to a vote. Currently I am forming a petition to do just that. This bill was pushed down our throats, with little notice and is discriminatory in that it targets only one section of tabacco products. We can as citizens demand a recall of this bill or as they did in California recall the Governor.
The more logical means of generating revenue for decreasing property taxes would be to cut out the general fund that is generated by the lottery and apply these funds toward the reduction of property taxes. By the way Govenor Perry, we are still waitnig for the $1,500 checks you claimed to have given us in your campaign ads.

[SheLion]

  

[lndrvr1972]

NJ so where is all that money going? I am sure that NJ can answer for that... Smokers are a cash cow, if I hear that its to help people that are dying of smoke related disease I am going to puke.
Since when does a state care about my health benefit.