Emanuel agrees to cut cigarette tax increase to 50 cents per pack

Chicago Sun Times ^ | November 25, 2013 | FRAN SPIELMAN

[Paladin2]

Chicago should just tax Rahm’s and Oprah’s wealth. That would fic things.

[Paladin2]

Chicago should just tax Rahm’s and Oprah’s wealth. That would fix things.

[glorgau]

The South side of Chicago adjoins Indiana. What a misguided tax that will offer incentives for smuggling.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Wait until these Chicago minorities sign up for health care as smokers. It’ll be 5 times as expensive and then they’ll tell Rahm where to put that quarter. The fun is just beginning.

[what's up]

A new tax on the poorest of the poor.

Nice guys, these liberals.

[AppyPappy]

Nah, make it a dollar. Let’s hammer the poor as much as possible.

[Impy]

Mayor Rahm Emanuel agreed Monday to shave a quarter off his 75-cents-a-pack tax on cigarettes to appease African-American aldermen concerned about the illegal sale of loose cigarettes.

More like concerned that their menthol loving constituents will be po'ed at them.

[funfan]

Maybe they will want to play a “Game” with him.

[ColdOne]

He probably asked for 75 cents a pack so 50 cent a pack would sound good.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

A million dollar education, one cold quarter at a time.

[concerned about politics]

Even at a 50-cent increase, the combined tax of $7.17 will still be the nation’s highest

Geeze! How much money do they get from those EBT cards, anyway? They'll have to sell a lot of obomaphones to keep up with a tax increase like that.

[elkfersupper]

The facts that we have a guy known as Barack Hussein Obama as President of these United States and a guy named Rahm Emanuel as Mayor of Chicago embarrasses me.

I keep hoping that I will awaken from a long sleep and find that none of this is true.

However, I know that we all must keep living the nightmare.

[GeronL]

In other words this news article is going to pretend that a 50 cent increase is really a 25 cent cut?

[bgill]

One would think twinkletoes had more pressing matters to deal with like, oooh I dunno, gang violence.

[traderrob6]

I live in Illinois and quit smoking 3 months ago. As much to withhold paying these criminals there exorbinate tax as for my health.

[BipolarBob]

The Missouri-to-Chicago cigarette run should be more profitable with each tax increase. AND just in time for the holidays. Thanks Emanuel.

[jimsin]

'I live in Illinois and quit smoking 3 months ago. As much to withhold paying these criminals there exorbinate tax as for my health.'

A TWO FER....TR

A BOGO...SO TO SPEAK.

MUY BUENO ON YER BUENO....

STILL THE DEMS COULD CERTAINLY FIND GOOD USES FOR THAT MONEY...AND I THINK IT'S NOT SUCH A BAD THING THAT YOU CONTINUE YER HABIT IN ORDER TO MAKE LIFE BETTER AND MORE ABUNDANT FOR THE DOWNTRODDEN.....

TO DOWNTROD OR NOT TO DOWNTROD...THAT IS THE QUESTION...

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous LUNG CANCER,

Or to take arms against THE GHOULISH DEMS,

SMOKE MORE GLORIOUS CIGGYS AND THEN To die: to SLEEP...'

.....W. SHAKESPEARE

'JUST SAYIN'

[ObamahatesPACoal]

This makes him a DINO apparently.

[neocon1984]

Good for you. I quit 30 years ago, mostly for health reasons, but as the tax thing has increased, I am increasingly happy - more money to spend on quality Irish Whiskey.

-ex life long Chicagoan.