Pikers. The tax on loose cigarette tobacco went up by 2300% in 09.
Waiting to hear about their new surtax on violent movies, music and video games.
This is the problem: Politicians couldn't WAIT to go stand on the dead bodies of those 20 children and find away to profit from it.
That fat bastard Christie and his newfound lover Barack Hussein Obama just make me want to vomit.
Yo Connie! If you’re “listening to everybody” then listen to me. Stop dancing in the blood of those children and stop exploiting their deaths for YOUR dumbass TAX INCREASE. You moronic, commie lib politicians are pathetic! You all make me sick.
I’m a little surprised the tax isn’t higher than that. Of course, we all know taxes always start small, and continue to grow and grow as time goes by.
That sucker will hit 25% before ya know it! Will be interesting to see what measures folks will take to avoid compliance, which is common for most all such taxes.
Here's an idea: introduce a "murder tax". That'll do about as much good as making schools "gun free zones".
Isn’t this an ethics issue for them. They are profiting from “something that kills people.”
Oh thats right. They are a bunch of greedy politicians looking for excuses to tax the people. It has nothing to do with protecting the people and all about money.
Slimebags.
I’d make them a deal. I’ll pay the 5% if they let me buy a gun cash and carry. No check, not waiting.
That should be OK with them, after all they’re safe in their newly fortified buildings.
Why not bring back the poll tax, or an “editorial” tax on newspapers, maybe a prayer tax. Will we remain silent when, next, the Feds impose licensing requirements to practice our religion or post on FreeRepublic? If we allow our rights to be taxed or licensed, are they really rights?
Brings to mind the Stamp Act and its eventual fallout.
Oh I get it. This woman is happy to exploit the dead children at Sandy Hook if it means she gets her building improvements. Shocked? No,she’s a lib. She’d have her own children killed (or aborted) and claim it should lead to other public programs if she could get by with it.
Wonder why I said “if”,,,obviously it IS standard operating procedure to a liberal.
I think they’re gonna run into a problem with “Minneapolis Star v. Minnesota Comm’r - 460 U.S. 575 (1983)” since the 2nd amendment is so fundamental.
If you can’t have a special ink tax for the printing press because it violates the 1st amendment then it would seem that would carry over.
http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/460/575/case.html
clear infringement
“If you drive a car I’ll tax the street/ if you try to walk I’ll tax your feet/If you get too cold I’ll tax the heat/’cuz I’m the Tax Man...’’
Unconstitutional for the same reason that taxing newspapers at a higher rate than other products is unconstitutional.
extra tax to improve safety for public buildings? meaning protection against crazy shooters? Then why not guard the schools too?
The big fat cats in public buildings are safe but not the school kids?
Need to give these blood-sucking politicians an earful!