[KC_Conspirator]

So what happened to all those millions of dollars paid by the cigarette companies to Jay Nixon's MO state AG office that was supposed to pay for health programs answer is that NONE of it went to haelth programs and all it did was go to democrat constituents. This is such a sham I don't know where to begin. Mark my words - this tax money will be spent on welfare programs and other state socialism and is jsut a ploy to pay for those programs since the state is in debt now.

[Just another Joe]

this tax money will be spent on welfare programs and other state socialism and is jsut a ploy to pay for those programs since the state is in debt now.

Then we'll just have to stop the tax from passing.
I've alreday got a newsletter written up to be distributed. I just need to print, copy, and staple it together.
I'll be doing that tonight.

[SheLion]

It’s very easy to slap a so-called “sin tax” on 25-30% of the smokers who in each state who choose to smoke a legal product.

But this tax is not ending up in the state coffers like the lawmakers had hoped. They didn’t realize that we aren’t all sheeple out here and we DO think for ourselves.

The higher taxes on smokers is just forcing the smoker to the Internet, the Reservations or by rolling our own. The lawmakers are scratching their heads trying to figure out how to further CONTROL us and our money.

[kcpopps]

Another irresponsible and greedy move by Missouri legislators was when they recently traded $1 billion in long-term tobacco settlement revenues for $530 million in near term borrowing. Other states have done that too.

They just couldn't wait to spend the court awarded "lottery winnings" as it was paid out - they threw half of it away so they could spend now.