[ClintonBeGone]

Michigan tax increase bump

[Mears]

I'm so damned sick of these politicians sticking it to the smokers every time they need money.

The state tax on cigs here in Massachusetts is $1.51 and to add insult to injury,they include that excise tax when calculating the sales tax.In other words,they tax the tax.

The higher the taxes on cigs go,the more smokers go to the Internet.

Are all politicians idiots or does it just seem that way?

[Hot Tabasco]

Following the last tobacco tax increase, I went out of state. What it cost Michigan was the difference between the cost of a pack of cigarettes here in Michigan(over $5) to the approx. $3.20/pack I am paying now. God knows how much revenues were lost because of their greed by others doing the same.

I am sending notice to every Republican member of our state house that I am fed up and will no long contribute my $'s to the Republican party.