Posted on 01/09/2009 9:45:53 AM PST by colorcountry
We don't need no more nanny-staters.
Amen, sister.
LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD!
That's exactly what they're doing. They did the same thing with booze. You can only get booze at a state liquor store. Used to be that sales tax was included in the price, so you only paid the listed price. Then they got the bright idea to say that sales tax wasn't going to be included in the listed price any more. The listed prices went down by a few cents for a couple of weeks, when they "took the taxes out," then went right back to where they had been, only now you have to pay the sales tax on top. Fascinating that this move came right on the heels of a report that liquor sales in Utah were up.
Huntsman is turning out to be a bigger jerk than Levitt(Sp). Running on his fathers name.
I knew Dixie Leavitt (Mike’s father). ... what can I say? I didn’t necessarily like either of them.
“a 45% tax on Government Bailouts. “
Too late... In Utah, you add Federal tax return money to your State Taxable income, and pay taxes on it. It isn’t 45%, but damned if it isn’t taxed.
Something else in Utah.. You pay taxes on taxes. Cigarettes are taxed separately by a law, so a carton costs, for example $20 plus a $10 cigarette tax. So, when you buy a carton it is $30, BUT THEN they add a 6% sales tax on the total $30. A tax on a tax.
Its madness (by the way, I don’t smoke, but it ticks me off)...
....Bob
Read my post #29 for tax on tax.
Thanks for the tip on another example of Tax on tax.
....Bob
“Smokers are nasty sub-humans in the eyes of a Mormon.”
Kind of a broad brush to paint with.
2nd hand smoke has become the smell of freedom to me. Not joking.
I am so sick of government forcing behavior. Speaking generally lack of freedom is much worse fate than smoking or even cancer for that matter.
To quote George Harrison:
“Let me tell you how it will be.
There’s one for you, nineteen for me.
‘cause I’m the Taxman, yeah I’m the Taxman.
Should five percent appear too small,
be thankful I don’t take it all.
‘cause I’m the Taxman, yeah I’m the Taxman.
If you drive a car, I’ll tax the street.
If you try to sit, I’ll tax your seat.
If you get too cold, I’ll tax the heat.
If you take a walk, I’ll tax your feet.
Don’t ask me what I want it for,
if you don’t want to pay some more.
‘cause I’m the Taxman, yeah I’m the Taxman.
Now my advice for those who die,
declare tose pennies on your eyes!
‘cause I’m the Taxman, yeah I’m the Taxman.
AND YOU’RE WORKING FOR NO ONE BUT ME!”
“2nd hand smoke has become the smell of freedom to me. Not joking”.
...funny you say that. When my wife says “Ewww. I smell cigarette smoke” my kids say “We smell freedom Mom”. (of course, I taught them that. awful aren’t I?)
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“Smokers are nasty sub-humans in the eyes of a Mormon”
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Well, this is one Mormon that has grown to love to smell cigarette smoke because of how it has come to represent freedom. I know you were speaking in hyperbole when you said that Mormon’s think smokers are nasty sub-humans, since most know that subhuman is a term used by people to describe others that they want to exterminate
Among my co-workers and friends I see plenty of Mormons and non Mormons who despise smoking and have come to think that smokers almost deserve any cancer they contract.
To me it seems to be more of a liberal/conservative thing.
Liberals seem to despise the following:
smokers,
overweight people,
small town people,
Christians,
people who don’t believe in global warming,
people who don’t march lockstep with the MSM,
people who don’t enjoy paying taxes,
people who drive SUV’s (SUV’s are the next cigarette)
people who homeschool,
people who own guns, (guns are a bellweather)
people who enjoy popular sports such as NFL and NASCAR
people who have more than 1 child,
etc, etc, etc.
The more of the above qualities you have the more liberals despise you. Let’s see, I homeshool, don’t enjoy taxes, drive a 1-ton Van, enjoy popular sports, have more than 1 child, am Christian (at least I think I am), live in a small town, don’t follow the MSM, slightly overweight, don’t believe in Global warming, own guns, crap, the only thing on that list I am not? Smoker.
Don’t be a libtard and stop and think for a moment.
Q: If and when the social engineering experiment to coerce smokers to quit succeeds, where is the state going to get the money?
A: You.
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We the People Sheeple of the United States Nanny State, in Order to form a more perfect Union Socialist Utopia, establish Justice Socially engineer a country of non smoking, physically fit, teetotalers, insure domestic Tranquility Smoking bans in bars, limits on unhealthy food and social drinking, provide for the common defense Universal Healthcare, promote the general Welfare health of the population whether they like it or not, in order to save above mentioned Universal Healthcare entitlement program from bankruptcy, and secure the Blessings of Liberty Dependency to ourselves progressive liberals and our Posterity Hitler Youth who we brainwash through public school education, do ordain decree and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Nanny State of Liberals.
Yep. You’ve summarized it pretty well.
The common denominator is CONTROL.
If they can’t control you, you are the enemy.
The high tax and behavior control experiment worked so well in the Democratic People’s Republic of NJ, NY, MA. They are still a gazillion dollars in debt even after trying to coerce sheeple to eat right, exercise and quit smoking. They thought it would solve all of their problems by reducing their state Medicare and Medicaid costs.
Retards in the Utah legislature want to emulate them.
It just proves my point. Everyone is retarded. I’m retarded, you’re retarded. We’re all human.
Our neighbors/local and state legislators are retarded.
Conservatives understand that people are retarded and don’t want to give their neighbors/legislators more power. Liberals want to hand their lives over to these retards.*
*I chose the most offensive non politically correct word to get my point across.
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