Well, they CAN'T HAVE BOTH!!!!!!!!
Posted on 11/10/2007 8:15:04 PM PST by Bowtie52
This issue of raising cigaratte taxes to fund children’s health has happened in a few states, I think.
what the heck will they do if more and more people quit smoking, and/or father time takes care of the remaining smokers? Exactly who then will be paying the punitive cigarette taxes?
Ask a "conservative" about marijuana and see just how nebulous freedom can be.
When there’s no more smokers they’ll legalize gambling and tax that.
Welcome to Free Republic ... you haven’t officially met the anti-smoking nannies here yet, have you? They are not pleasant. Good luck.
TE, come read this..
Well, they CAN'T HAVE BOTH!!!!!!!!
The trend is moving toward eventually outlawing tobacco. I don’t see anything in the offing to stop the trend. I’ll continue to enjoy my cigars as long as possible.
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Oh, the politicians will NEVER ban smoking outright because it generates tens of billions of tax dollars. But they will not hesitate to demonize smokers so they can pile on more taxes and make more restrictions.
I’ll just make my tobacco habit a 2nd Amendment issue. ;^)
The Country’s In The Very Best Of Hands
by
Johnny Mercer
them city folks and friends
are pretty much alike
though they ain’t used to living in the sticks
we don’t like stone or cement
but we is in agreement
when we get started talking politics
the country’s in the very best of hands
the best of hands
the best of hands
the treasury says the national debt
is climbing to the sky
and government expenditures
have never been so high
it makes a fellow get a
gleam of pride when they decide
to see how our economy expands
the country’s in the very best of hands
the country’s in the very best of hands
the best of hands
the best of hands
you oughtta hear the senate
when their drawing up a bill
where asses and dimwits are crowded in each conisil (sp.)
such legal terminology
would give your heart a thrill
there’s phrases there that no one understands
the country’s in the very best of hands
the building boom, they say
is getting bigger every day
and when i asked a feller
how could everybody pay
he come up with an answer
that made everything okay
supplies are getting greater than demands
the country’s in the very best of hands
don’t you believe them congressmen
and senators are dumb
when they run into problems
that is tough to overcome
they just declare something
they call the moritorium
the upper and the lower house dismans
the country’s in the very best of hands
fox motors is connected to the nominee
the nominee’s connected to the treasury
when he ain’t connected to the treasury
he sits around on his thigh bone
he sits around in his fancy car
this big congressional parking lot
just sits around on the you know what
‘cause there they calls it their thigh bone
them bones, them bones
gonna rise again
gonna excercise a franchise again
gonna tax us up to our eyes again
when he gets them off of their thigh bone
the country’s in the very best of hands
the best of hands
the best of hands
the farm bill should be
eight-nine percent paroty
and all their fellow recommends
it should be mound at three
but eighty, ninety-five percent who cares about decree
it’s paroty that no one understands
the county’s in the very best of hands
them gop’s and democrats
each hates the other one
they’s always criticizing
how the country should be run
but neither tell the public
what the others gone and done
as long as no one knows
where no one stands
the country’s in the very best of hands
they sits around and just place their ass
where folks in congress has always sat
just sits around on their excess bag
up there they calls it their thigh bone
they sits around till they starts to snore
jumps up and hollers
i has the floor
then sits right down where they sats before
up there they calls it their thigh bone
them bones, them bones
gonna cross again
so dignified and so wise again
while the budget doubles in size again
when it gets them off of their thigh bone
the country’s in the very best of hands
the best of hands
the best of hands
the money that they taxes us
that’s known as revenues
they compound up collaterals
subtracts the residue
don’t worry about the principal
and interest it encrues
they’re shipping all that stuff to foreign lands
the country’s in the very best of hands
That's easy ... anyone who enjoys a Big Mac or other unhealthy foods.
Why did I think I would see you post that? EFG ~Pandy~
I get so tired of the "its for the children" tag politicians put on everything.
Half the people in this country would through out the Constitution if some Dem said it was "for the children".
We have it legal in many states & they do tax your winnings.
The true objective isn’t to cause Americans to quit smoking, but to establish more Government power over the people. Anymore, that is what taxes are for in the eyes of the elitist Political lifers in D.C.
My current fav: Partagas Series S Perfecto
I usually keep a couple of Arturo Fuente Canones around for those Sundays when I want to watch a football game or the race. They generally last long enough for the whole thing and good to boot! Other than that I smoke a variety. I don’t like to smoke the same thing day after day.
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