CA to add $2.60 tax to cigarettes

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Red Dawn

Red Dawn

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Originally posted by: Spikesoldier
only in california...

the only state that i refuse to live in.
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That's good news for Californians, they already have enough assholes from other states living there now!

 
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archcommus

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You guys giving thumbs up to this are retards. More expensive cigarettes are not going to make anyone stop, it just extracts exorbitant amounts of money from those who do, which is stupid.

Besides, dislike the habit all you want, if someone chooses to smoke and spend THEIR money on that then let them. A tax like this is uncalled for.

How about this - I don't drink alcohol and dislike the habit. So I would love it if the entire country put a $20 tax on every bottle sold. Let's see how everyone likes that. It's basically the same thing.
 
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Feldenak

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Originally posted by: archcommus
You guys giving thumbs up to this are retards. More expensive cigarettes are not going to make anyone stop, it just extracts exorbitant amounts of money from those who do, which is stupid.

Besides, dislike the habit all you want, if someone chooses to smoke and spend THEIR money on that let them. A tax like this is uncalled for.

How about this - I don't drink alcohol and dislike the habit. So I would love it if the entire country put a $20 tax on every bottle sold. Let's see how everyone likes that. It's basically the same thing.
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Exactly. If you think they'll stop at cigarettes for taxes like this, think again.
 
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broon

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I thought one of the great things to happen in American history happened because tea was over taxed. Now we're doing what we fought against?
 
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Feldenak

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Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Originally posted by: Feldenak
Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Originally posted by: Slew Foot
Topic Title: CA to add $2.60 tax to cigarettes
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They should've added $26.00 to a pack.
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You are a clueless tool.
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I take it you read his blog too!
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Heh, just follow his posts. I've never seen a more schitzo, contradictory, hypocritical, and paranoid politcal view ever.
 
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IceBergSLiM

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You are overlooking the point that this was voted on by the people. The majority of people WANTED the tax. If the majority of people didn't want the tax it would not have passed.
 
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broon

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Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
You are overlooking the point that this was voted on by the people. The majority of people WANTED the tax. If the majority of people didn't want the tax it would not have passed.
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The majority of the people offered also wanted to drink the Jonestown kool-aid. The tax shouldn't have been offered in the first place.
 
lokiju

lokiju

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Shyte it's going to be cheaper to buy weed over cigs before you know it!

I'd be pissed off if I still smoked and lived in CA but neither of those apply to me.

 
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IceBergSLiM

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Originally posted by: broon
Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
You are overlooking the point that this was voted on by the people. The majority of people WANTED the tax. If the majority of people didn't want the tax it would not have passed.
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The majority of the people offered also wanted to drink the Jonestown kool-aid. The tax shouldn't have been offered in the first place.
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wtf are you talking about.
 
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ForumMaster

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:thumbsup: hopefully this will lessen smoking. OTOH, most smokers aren't that fat cause smoking does increase metabolisim. exersize is better.
 
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Journer

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wow...CA sucks...and NY...so many god damn laws..insane emissions, super-high tobacco tax....jebus...i hope they dont move near me anytime soon....thankfully the only good thing about my state's bad wrap is it keeps people we dont like out...for the most part :p
 
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broon

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Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
wtf are you talking about.
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It's an outragous tax. I don't care if the people voted for it, it should not be in place.
 
Amused

Amused

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Get ready for black market cigarette dealing criminals... and the high crime that goes along with them.

A high tax like this is (nearly) effectively a ban. And bans on things like this only enrich one crowd: Organized crime.
 
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archiloco

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hello conterfit cigs...........mexicans are going to have a new drug to import ("illegaly") into the US hehe.
 
Red Dawn

Red Dawn

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This will cause a lot of smokers to wuit whicvh will result in less tax revenue that the State already recieves on the taxes they levy on cigarettes. How will the make up for this lost revenue?
 
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IceBergSLiM

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Originally posted by: Amused
Get ready for black market cigarette dealing criminals... and the high crime that goes along with them.

A high tax like this is (nearly) effectively a ban. And bans on things like this only enrich one crowd: Organized crime.
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this tax only impacts the poor. The last thing poor people need to be spending ther emoney on is ciggarettes.
 
SagaLore

SagaLore

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Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
its already established smoking is bad
taxes are already exorbitant on cigarettes

what do you really think raising it will accomplish?


its not governments place to legislate on this sht
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If I were the government, I would have banned cigarettes altogether by now. Its an extremely addictive substance.
 
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Feldenak

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Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
Originally posted by: Amused
Get ready for black market cigarette dealing criminals... and the high crime that goes along with them.

A high tax like this is (nearly) effectively a ban. And bans on things like this only enrich one crowd: Organized crime.
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this tax only impacts the poor. The last thing poor people need to be spending ther emoney on is ciggarettes.
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If you don't think they'll find a way to feed their addiction (rich or poor) you are sadly mistaken.
 
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