Gov. Charlie Crist to approve cigarette tax

Miami Herald/Times ^ | Marc Caputo

[Iron Munro]

CRIST RENEGES ON NO-NEW-TAX PLEDGE IN ONLY ONE WEEK

[mysterio]

Nanny statism is a fixture of both parties, it seems.

[Secret Agent Man]

Oh,

I’m a RINO boy and I’m okay,

I spend all night and I tax all day,

I say “life’s tough” then I take your pay

-— and then all that stuff about wearing ladies underpants -—

/monty python

[BlueStateBlues]

Rubio should call him on this quick and hard. Smokers For Rubio.

[Leisler]

Must keep sheeple healthy and tax productive!

[Drango]

Excellent! (If for no other reason than it gets the smoking addict’s panties in a twist)

[litehaus]

tax productive!---

Watch the cig tax FALL !!!!

[VeniVidiVici]

If he doesn’t strike out that $6mil raid on the concealed weapons fund, he’s toast.

[Reagan69]

How about a tax on orange self-tanning lotion !!!!

We’d get of debt real quick just on Charlie’s tax burden, alone !

[Niteranger68]

Excellent! (If for no other reason than it gets the smoking addict’s panties in a twist)

Yea...those people clinging to their silly freedoms.....

[mnehring]

More Big Brother social engineering.

[Waco]

Cig. sales are about to ZOOM in Ga. Who’d a thunk.

[unixfox]

So...when they come after your vice (whatever that may be) will you say... Excellent! (If for no other reason than it gets ______(insert anything here)______ panties in a twist)?

[Oatka]

The tax, which will raise more than $900 million a year . . .
and
Well, it wouldn't be bad if you killed smoking,'' Crist said. ``There are about 2 million Floridians, maybe a few less, who smoke.

Two points:
1) These idiots think that consumption won't change and that many purchasers will not go out of state.
2) So if Crist gets his wish and those two million smokers quit, where does he gets that missing $900-million?

[microgood]

This is the act of a small minded person. An industrial giant once said: “there are a lot of brilliant minds in America. Too bad none of them are in politics”.

[Old Grumpy]

Each day I become more disillusioned with Charlie. I won’t be voting for him for the Senate. Time to put him out to pasture.

[qam1]

[Joe Brower]

Florida Freeper

[Niteranger68]

I don't see where Drango is a troll. Convoluted view of personal freedoms maybe...

[Ken H]

The NRA and state Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson are urging Crist to cancel a $6 million raid on a trust fund that helps pay for concealed-weapons permits. Crist had initially requested

My advice is that you'd better listen to him!