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Tobacco firms won big in Capitol, Common Cause says
Sac Bee ^ | 10/17/02 | Gary Delsohn

Posted on 10/17/2002 1:03:54 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

Edited on 04/12/2004 5:45:27 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Common Cause issued a report Wednesday that said cigarette manufacturers were one of the big winners in California's last legislative session.

The report prepared by the campaign finance reform group's Education Fund in Washington, D.C., said tobacco companies dramatically increased the amount of money they spent on lobbying at the Capitol and escaped an increase in the cigarette tax toward the end of the legislative session while the state's budget deficit was being debated.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; commoncause; pufflist; tobacco
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1 posted on 10/17/2002 1:03:54 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: *puff_list; SheLion
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2 posted on 10/17/2002 2:05:46 PM PDT by Free the USA
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To: NormsRevenge
.. California had the biggest deficit by far and didn't. I attribute that to the influence of the tobacco companies."

Or could it be that California were ahead of the game in raising taxes on cigarettes.

3 posted on 10/17/2002 4:10:57 PM PDT by Great Dane
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To: Free the USA; *puff_list; Just another Joe; Great Dane; Max McGarrity; Tumbleweed_Connection; ...
Ping and BTTT!!
4 posted on 10/17/2002 4:44:05 PM PDT by SheLion
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To: SheLion
The fact that it was not voted in this session means nothing. Antis are relentless and never rest. They're like horseflies, always around and always annoying.
5 posted on 10/17/2002 8:51:22 PM PDT by Max McGarrity
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To: NormsRevenge
Nineteen other states around the nation that faced budget deficits enacted a cigarette tax increase to help balance their budgets. ... California had the biggest deficit by far and didn't. I attribute that to the influence of the tobacco companies

Revealing. It's not about health, it's about balancing the budget.

The fact is that California has already raised taxes on cigarettes recently. To do it again because of incompetence on the part of the government would be shameful, and possibly reduce revenues as people went outside the state for purchases.

6 posted on 10/18/2002 10:33:34 AM PDT by monkeyshine
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