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House OKs measure redirecting millions from cigarette tax revenue to water projects, roads
The Republic ^ | February 28, 2014 | John Miller (Associated Press)

Posted on 03/03/2014 8:31:06 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

BOISE, Idaho — Millions in tax revenue from Idaho's cigarette sales is closer to flowing toward the state's scarred-up highway asphalt and its drought-depleted aquifers.

The House voted 63-4 on Friday to redirect cash from the state's 56 cent-per-pack tax — it has totaled about $35 million to $40 million annually — that's currently being used to retire bonds for the $130 million Idaho Capitol renovation, as well as funding cancer programs, state buildings and juvenile probation.

With the Capitol bonds nearly paid off, there's been a scramble this session for the money that's no longer needed.

(Excerpt) Read more at therepublic.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Idaho
KEYWORDS: cigarettetax; nannystate; roads; water

1 posted on 03/03/2014 8:31:06 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Jeff Head; SheLion; Eric Blair 2084; -YYZ-; 31R1O; 383rr; AFreeBird; AGreatPer; Alamo-Girl; Alia; ..

Money in the hands of politicians doesn’t stand a chance.

Nanny State PING!


2 posted on 03/03/2014 8:32:26 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The PASSING LANE is for PASSING, not DAWDLING)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

So, the tax revenue no longer needed for paying off the bonds, is being redirected.

We never see a tax just go away if the intended purpose is satisfied, do we? Instead the tax stays there, while the politicos divert it to other uses.

Not saying Idaho doesn’t need pothole repairs, etc. Just questioning what’s happening, as what was a dedicated source of tax revenue is no longer needed for the intended purpose.


3 posted on 03/03/2014 8:35:11 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego (t)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

You have to love the cognitive dissonance in the last sentence of the excerpt: “With the Capitol bonds nearly paid off, there’s been a scramble this session for the money that’s no longer needed.”

They are scrambling to use money that is no longer needed? Give it back to the people then, cut the tax!

If there was so damned much money being suctioned off of the healthcare system to provide for smokers’ supposed drain on the system (negative health consequences of smoking), then put it into the system that necessitated the danged tax or finally relent that it wasn’t nearly the drain it was believed to be!


4 posted on 03/03/2014 8:35:58 AM PST by jurroppi1
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Hmmmm, money extracted from us for a (supposedly good) purpose.

Money only sparingly used for that purpose, the rest wasted.

When the purpose expires, massive competition to make the waste 100%.

And politicians wonder why they’re on the short list following CW-II for our guillotines.


5 posted on 03/03/2014 8:36:40 AM PST by Da Coyote
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6 posted on 03/03/2014 8:37:11 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

And when all you smoke Nazis succeed in stamping out smoking and crushing the businesses that make them, what vice will you attack next?

Personally, I’m hoping that they attach a massive tax on being a frigging AGW liberal, or a jogger, or a $2000 graphite frame bicycle rider, or a Hybrid/battery powered car owner....or a Vegan, vegetarian.....any of that mess.


7 posted on 03/03/2014 8:41:43 AM PST by Gaffer (Comprehensive Immigration Reform is just another name for Comprehensive Capitulation)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Isn’t the tobacco tax supposed to be used for the health care of the tobacco addicts?


8 posted on 03/03/2014 8:48:13 AM PST by Parmy
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To: jurroppi1

“They are scrambling to use money that is no longer needed? Give it back to the people then, cut the tax!”

Obviously your radical comment is WAY out of the mainstream, as the House voted 63-4 on Friday to redirect cash from the state’s 56 cent-per-pack tax.


9 posted on 03/03/2014 8:51:54 AM PST by shove_it (long ago Orwell and Rand warned us of ObamaÂ’s America)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Don't know about Idaho, but there is enough anger in California instantly to launch a statewide initiative to cancel the fraudulent corruption-ridden program.
Without exception, there in no accountability everywhere where this "Health initiative" scam has been adopted.
California is among the worst!.

Thank you Meathead!

10 posted on 03/03/2014 8:58:29 AM PST by publius911 ( At least Nixon had the good g race to resign!)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Further proof that smokers should be given medals for their heroic carrying of the several layers of government spending that they carry!


11 posted on 03/03/2014 9:11:48 AM PST by CSM (Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Thanks for the ping!


12 posted on 03/03/2014 10:22:38 AM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: shove_it

I guess I finally get to say back to my sister “I’m a radical now too!”.


13 posted on 03/03/2014 10:44:01 AM PST by jurroppi1
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To: CSM

“Further proof that smokers should be given medals for their heroic carrying of the several layers of government spending that they carry!”

Here,here !!!!!!!!!!!

:-)

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14 posted on 03/03/2014 11:52:33 AM PST by Mears
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15 posted on 03/03/2014 11:53:27 AM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Oh well


16 posted on 03/03/2014 7:19:20 PM PST by CIDKauf (No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.)
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