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CA to add $2.60 tax to cigarettes

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Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Now to add $2.60 tax to Taco Bell, McDonalds, etc.. fatty foods! :evil:
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If that ever happened I would have no problem sacrificing my life to kill the politician responsible... assuming it was national of course. Who gives a shit about California? Congrats on Lifer btw.
 
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Now to add $2.60 tax to Taco Bell, McDonalds, etc.. fatty foods! :evil:
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I'd actually support that ... anything over 200% d/v of saturated fat
 
Originally posted by: halik
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Now to add $2.60 tax to Taco Bell, McDonalds, etc.. fatty foods! :evil:
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I'd actually support that ... anything over 200% d/v of saturated fat
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We should also add high taxes to any cars that have over a certain number of horsepower that may lead to speeding and resulting accidents. All those accidents costs the rest of us tons of money.
 
There is already a huge population doing mail orders. A lot of the mail order companies run operations on Indian reservation land IN California. Because of this, they are exempt from taxes.


All the taxes are useless. I personally think the idea is stupid. Like another poster stated, pretty soon government will get rid of everything that's supposedly bad for you. I'm not a smoker, but if I wanted to, I want that option. What happened to my unalienable right for the pursuit of happiness?
 
Originally posted by: jimmygates
There is already a huge population doing mail orders. A lot of the mail order companies run operations on Indian reservation land IN California. Because of this, they are exempt from taxes.


All the taxes are useless. I personally think the idea is stupid. Like another poster stated, pretty soon government will get rid of everything that's supposedly bad for you. I'm not a smoker, but if I wanted to, I want that option. What happened to my unalienable right for the pursuit of happiness?
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And there's the can of worms!
 
Originally posted by: neutralizer
Originally posted by: middlehead
This just in! California run by retards, foreigners, and retarded foreigners!
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How's having a tax on cigarettes retarded and foreign?
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If you tax cigaretts, you must place a tax on other hazardous lifestyle choices. Otherwise, placing a tax JUST on cigarettes is retarded.
 
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: neutralizer
Originally posted by: middlehead
This just in! California run by retards, foreigners, and retarded foreigners!
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How's having a tax on cigarettes retarded and foreign?
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If you tax cigaretts, you must place a tax on other hazardous lifestyle choices. Otherwise, placing a tax JUST on cigarettes is retarded.
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And barely constitutional.

I'm tired of the "I'm holier than thou so I'll pass laws to make you do what I want you to" mindset in this country.
 
Originally posted by: DurocShark
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: neutralizer
Originally posted by: middlehead
This just in! California run by retards, foreigners, and retarded foreigners!
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How's having a tax on cigarettes retarded and foreign?
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If you tax cigaretts, you must place a tax on other hazardous lifestyle choices. Otherwise, placing a tax JUST on cigarettes is retarded.
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And barely constitutional.

I'm tired of the "I'm holier than thou so I'll pass laws to make you do what I want you to" mindset in this country.
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As long as it's not their bull being gored, people don't give a fvck.
 
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I talked to a friend from calif who was a smoker a few years ago. He told me almost everyone smoke in his hs. In my hs, which is in hs, I rarely saw anyone smoke. the cost of a pack of cigs in NY is double of what it cost in cali.
 
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: halik
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Now to add $2.60 tax to Taco Bell, McDonalds, etc.. fatty foods! :evil:
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I'd actually support that ... anything over 200% d/v of saturated fat
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We should also add high taxes to any cars that have over a certain number of horsepower that may lead to speeding and resulting accidents. All those accidents costs the rest of us tons of money.
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That tax already exists, and it's expensive.
 
In some states there may already a loophole. In Illinois where I used to live, you could buy tobacco without the tax hitting you. Many people bought the tobacco and a machine that would load cigarettes. A friend did the math and said it costs him about $1 to make a pack that way.
 
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