Posted on 07/26/2017 11:50:33 AM PDT by Drango
YIKES!
Double yikes.
Those dammed human beings just wont behave the way the selfappointed masters want.
Heroin and meth addicts spend about 90% of their income on their addiction.
These guys are reg’lar Sherlock Holmes, no?
They raise tobacco taxes to confiscatory levels, and then sort of allow that gee, people have less money for food? Ya think? What a bunch of wankers.
Jerry Brown of California thinks gasoline is also subject to a ‘sin tax’ as he just announced higher taxes on it to ‘save the planet’- He’s shooting for a ‘carbon free society’ because he thinks it’;s a sin to burn fossil fuels
Government-caused starvation.
You could probably end excise taxes on booze and smokes by taking it to court and demonstrating it disproportionately affects minorities.
p.s. What does someone who smokes and drinks a lot do on the weekend? - suck a few butts and get sh*tfaced.
“The Hidden Brain”, pounds like the title of a Class B, Horror Film from the 1960 period.
Smokers would rather buy that pack of smokes for $8 than a steak for $6.
The voters, not the governor, approved the new $2 per pack on cigarettes.
doesn’;t matter who- We’re talking about ‘sin taxes’ and the excuses used to force people to comply or suffer- whether it’s self righteous voters or a self righteous gov- they pick and choose their favorite ‘sins’ to extort money from the people with-
I bought a used Lincoln Mark 8 with working air, new Michelins and a gorgeous interior with just 100k miles on it for $2200. My renter last year spent over $2600 for cigarettes. He is terrified about his health since a close relative died recently from COPT. He wants to quit and I hooked him up with the county health department, which has a free program. Also, they have a 24 hour smokers hotline. The whole time we were talking, he lit one cigarette from the butt of another. The chances he will quit, at age 34, are about zero. He desperately needs to spend the money on other necessities, like getting his license back from two DUI’s, a vehicle and God only knows what the insurance will cost. The guy will be permanently poor. (No, I doubt the programs will work. You can see it in his eyes.)
Incidentally, I found out from a world traveler that US market cigarettes are illegal in the EU because they have addition enhancers. The same brand cigarette, say, Marlboro, in Europe will taste different. “A US smoker wouldn’t like them,” he said.
More money wasted on a study to find out what even the most simple minded can figure for themselves.
How many dope smokers, crack heads, alcoholics and other addicts do you personally know who gave up their addictions because of a price increase?
But, but, but...it's not addiction, it's a habit.
Liberal love taxes that penalize the poor and the near poor.
Why—because that is the kind of tax that creates new tax-payers!
Cost does not make a dent in the craving, it only means that family budget cuts must be elsewhere made.
Sad that Dems ruin so many lives with their social experiments.
When the government is willing to subsidize their habit eoth food stamps?
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