jsarno
08-07-2007, 08:12 PM
I guess congress is wanting a 156% tax increase on cigarettes.
I say go for it. The more they tax cigarettes, the fewer people there will be to smoke them.
Here's a link for it to call your legislator to overturn it:
Welcome to the Philip Morris Legislative Action Center! (http://www.stopthefetincrease.com/)
saden1
08-07-2007, 08:33 PM
A tax increase probably won't stop people from smoking IMO.
724Skinsfan
08-07-2007, 08:38 PM
A tax increase probably won't stop people from smoking IMO.
Agreed, the outrageous price of gasoling shows that people are willing to adapt their spending to fit their lifestyle. It may help curb teenage smoking, though. Or it may boost convenience store robberies committed by teenagers.
Schneed10
08-07-2007, 09:39 PM
A tax increase probably won't stop people from smoking IMO.
Definitely won't stop it, not at all. But it will put more coin in the government's coffers, reducing the likelihood of them asking me to pay higher wage taxes in the future.
Works for me, I hate cigarrette smoke anyway.
skinsfanthru&thru
08-07-2007, 10:05 PM
hopefully this will atleast slightly impact those sucking on deathsticks and make a few realize how much money they r wasting on that crap.
skinsfan_nn
08-07-2007, 10:20 PM
tax um to death, maybe then they will quit that naste habit.
If they keep raising the tax some folks might just have to quit...let's see...? Food for family or Cigs @ 10 bucks a pack....?
jsarno
08-07-2007, 10:26 PM
See, I don't get cigarette smokers.
If the government made Kung Pao Chicken way over taxed, guess what, I would no longer eat it.
The fact that cigarette smokers think this is a travesty is laughable.
skinsfanthru&thru
08-07-2007, 10:27 PM
tax um to death, maybe then they will quit that naste habit.
If they keep raising the tax some folks might just have to quit...let's see...? Food for family or Cigs @ 10 bucks a pack....?
sadly that would actually be a tough choice for some people hooked on em and even sadder is that a small amount would still buy the cigs
Lady Brave
08-07-2007, 10:35 PM
See, I don't get cigarette smokers.
If the government made Kung Pao Chicken way over taxed, guess what, I would no longer eat it.
The fact that cigarette smokers think this is a travesty is laughable.
So how would you feel if this were an alcohol tax instead of a cigarette tax?
jsarno
08-07-2007, 10:47 PM
So how would you feel if this were an alcohol tax instead of a cigarette tax?
I would welcome it.
I'm not much of a drinker at all. If they did tax it, I would drop my intake over the course of a year significantly. (not that it's a lot now)