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  • Bush Vows To Veto Cigar Tax (Rush Limbaugh: Cigar Industry Saved By Veto Alert)

    07/18/2007 4:17:25 PM PDT · by goldstategop · 35 replies · 3,815+ views
    Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | 07/18/2007 | Rush Limbaugh
    RUSH: Let's talk about this cigar tax, this cigarette tax. The President says he going to veto it. He "reiterated today his threat to veto Senate legislation that would substantially increase funds for children’s health insurance by levying a 61-cent-a-pack increase in the federal excise tax on cigarettes." This includes that whopping 20,000% increase on the tax on cigars. The tax on cigars right now is five cents. It will go to ten bucks on large cigars. By the way, for those of you who are not cigar aficionados as am I, a large cigar is defined as anything that...