CA to add $2.60 tax to cigarettes

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: DAGTA
may see state line runs and people from neighboring states selling trunkloads

You can certainly count on it.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Now to add $2.60 tax to Taco Bell, McDonalds, etc.. fatty foods! :evil:

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.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

lol, we're going to have cig dealers now

 

[JulesMaximus]

Hmm, don't care. Yeah. Make it $10/cigarette for all I care. :thumbsup:

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Mike

Originally posted by: Kalvin00
:thumbsup:

i dont see nothing wrong with that... all you smokers weigh down the health system anyway

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Now to add $2.60 tax to Taco Bell, McDonalds, etc.. fatty foods! :evil:

I'd actually support that ... anything over 200% d/v of saturated fat

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Now to add $2.60 tax to Taco Bell, McDonalds, etc.. fatty foods! :evil:

I'd actually support that ... anything over 200% d/v of saturated fat

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.

 

[clamum]

****** it, let's just put a huge tax on anything that can cause health problems.

 

[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?

 

[BigJ]

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?

And there's the can of worms!

 

[middlehead]

This just in! California run by retards, foreigners, and retarded foreigners!

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: middlehead
This just in! California run by retards, foreigners, and retarded foreigners!

How's having a tax on cigarettes retarded and foreign?

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: neutralizer

Originally posted by: middlehead
This just in! California run by retards, foreigners, and retarded foreigners!

How's having a tax on cigarettes retarded and foreign?

If you tax cigaretts, you must place a tax on other hazardous lifestyle choices. Otherwise, placing a tax JUST on cigarettes is retarded.

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: neutralizer

Originally posted by: middlehead
This just in! California run by retards, foreigners, and retarded foreigners!

How's having a tax on cigarettes retarded and foreign?

If you tax cigaretts, you must place a tax on other hazardous lifestyle choices. Otherwise, placing a tax JUST on cigarettes is retarded.

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.

 

[BigJ]

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!

How's having a tax on cigarettes retarded and foreign?

If you tax cigaretts, you must place a tax on other hazardous lifestyle choices. Otherwise, placing a tax JUST on cigarettes is retarded.

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.

As long as it's not their bull being gored, people don't give a fvck.

 

[KK]

Another BS california law. :roll:

 

[Skunkwourk]

Originally posted by: Platypus
I don't like cigarettes but I certainly don't approve of this.

you gotta wonder, whats next?

 

[rhatsaruck]

Originally posted by: bennylong
I think they should charge $20 per pack of cigs.

:thumbsup:

 

[DaWhim]

:thumbsup:

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.

 

[Nebor]

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:

I'd actually support that ... anything over 200% d/v of saturated fat

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.

That tax already exists, and it's expensive.

 

[Spikesoldier]

only in california...

the only state that i refuse to live in.

 

[fitzov]

sad. the state extorts money from addicted consumers through taxation.

 

[Pacemaker]

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.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: bR
holy crap i remember when a pack was $2.60

Try this- I remember when a pack was 20 cents. You should have heard the screaming when they went to 21 cents.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: BigJ
"Just as long as it isn't my bull getting gored."