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Why not just round up ALL the smokers???
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| 11/27/2001
| Ken Schram
Posted on 11/27/2001 1:14:12 PM PST by notyourregularhandle
SEATTLE - Maybe it's time to just round up all the smokers.
We can send authorities out to rip little babies from the arms of those Marlboro smokin' moms. Dads can stoically drag on a Lucky Strike as their kids watch them being hauled away.
Why not? Smokers are all pariahs; a blight on society whose only value is the ever-increasing tax revenue they provide by their pitiful purchases of packs and cartons of tobacco.
With passage of Initiative 773, that tax revenue takes a big bump up. Maybe.
I-773 adds another .60 cents in tax to each and every pack of cigarettes. On Jan. 1, that'll total out to $1.43 tax per pack.
Now, while smokers may be pariahs, they're not stupid. They can get a better deal at tribal smokeshops. They can order tax-free cigarettes over the Internet. Of course, it's illegal to do that.
Which has redrawn the attention of state authorities and state economists. With dollar signs lighting up their eyes, state folks are trying to figure out how to trap those swindling smokers.
'Cause if they can catch 'em, then they can fine them.
Oooooh, MORE revenue!
Who should be next? Tax cheaters who buy expensive clothes and stereos online, slicing the state out of the take?
How about we frisk grandma as she comes back from Oregon with a couple of untaxed bottles of peppermint schnapps in her purse?
Forget it. That's a bad idea. See, they're "good" citizens.
Smokers? They're easy targets. Who'd speak out for someone dumb enough to be sucking addictive, unhealthy crap into their lungs? Tax 'em with impunity!
By the way, time to fess up here. I smoke.
So, who knows. Maybe someday you can round us all up; snatch the babies from our arms; send us off to where we'll never be heard from again (once the tax coffers are filled).
Then? Well, then you can go after those red meat eaters!
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To: notyourregularhandle
Why not just round up ALL the smokers???Shhhh...that's where they're going, they're just taking some time to get there. Read up on how to boil a frog to understand the methodology being employed here...
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posted on
11/27/2001 1:16:57 PM PST
by
dirtboy
To: notyourregularhandle
Say, did you know you can still smoke in the casinos in Reno? I was surprised. There they were puffing away, gambling away, right there in the Cal Neva. Also, those Japanese tourists who visit Hawaii, they demand their smoking privileges, too. So see, it's not all banned. For victory & freedom!!!
To: Saundra Duffy
Say, did you know you can still smoke in the casinos in Reno? I was surprised. There they were puffing away, gambling away, right there in the Cal Neva. Also, those Japanese tourists who visit Hawaii, they demand their smoking privileges, too. So see, it's not all banned. For victory & freedom!!!Yeah for victory and freedom! ;)
To: notyourregularhandle
Why not just round up ALL the smokers???DOY! 'Cuz we're not done taxing them...
To: notyourregularhandle
Liberalism at it's best. Someday the will be going after people that eat meat. It is just a matter of time.
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posted on
11/27/2001 1:23:24 PM PST
by
KSCITYBOY
To: notyourregularhandle
"Why not just..."Because then all of our bowling alleys would be ghost-towns!
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posted on
11/27/2001 1:24:07 PM PST
by
ez2muz
To: All
I wish them all the luck in the world with my smokes and my gunsmoke.
To: ez2muz
Go Bowling Alleys!! Tonight is my league night.
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posted on
11/27/2001 1:27:03 PM PST
by
JmyBryan
To: KSCITYBOY
Your wish is my command: For an experience sure to make your blood bloil, visit
TaxMeat.com
To: null and void
Before the Nazis rounded up the Jews, they slowly stripped them of their property, always giving the idea that it would soon be obver and they would be left alone.
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posted on
11/27/2001 1:28:20 PM PST
by
Leisler
To: KSCITYBOY
Liberalism at it's best. Someday the will be going after people that eat meat. It is just a matter of time.Very true! Ken Schram's last comment! ;)
To: ez2muz
LOL
To: Still Thinking
I got a "bad request" message when I clicked on tax meat.
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posted on
11/27/2001 1:31:56 PM PST
by
KJMorgan
Comment #16 Removed by Moderator
To: notyourregularhandle
Why not just round up ALL the smokers??? No. Let's do the Arabs first.
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posted on
11/27/2001 1:34:56 PM PST
by
paul51
To: notyourregularhandle
Why not just round up ALL the smokers??? No. Let's do the Arabs first.
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posted on
11/27/2001 1:35:08 PM PST
by
paul51
To: paul51
Sorry for the wobbly mouse. It wasn't worth a double post
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posted on
11/27/2001 1:36:18 PM PST
by
paul51
To: KJMorgan
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posted on
11/27/2001 1:37:07 PM PST
by
Fraulein
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