SURE! Lay the tax burden on 25-30% of your smoking constituents! They have broad shoulders. THEY are USED to being screwed!!!
Finance Chairwoman Ann Cummings, D-Washington, also suggested a tax on sodas to make up for an expected decline in revenues from tobacco taxes as higher costs discourage new smokers.
LOL! Stupid fools! As if. ROLL YOUR OWN. And stick it to the state with every pack you make. You will feel WONDERFUL!
There itis folks. Your friendly caring neighbors are going to decide what's best for you to eat and drink. It's for your own good, the common good and the world will be a better place for it. Now everything is covered. There's an expert available and on the ball to direct and control every part of your life, from cradle to grave.
They will promise us the moon to get our votes, then once in office all they give us is the outhouse.
I'm sick of it!
Merrill worries about all the increased costs he faces -- fuel, a property reappraisal and now this assessment. He concluded, "If the tax is reasonable enough, it isn't going to kill us."
Keep whistling passed the graveyard.
"I don't think that assessment is going to level the playing field," Huestis said. At $365 a head, he noted, "It would be cheaper for me to stop providing insurance, but we will most likely continue what we are doing."
Ding, Ding, We have a winner.
How do people in this socialist paradise make a living (besides stuffing teddy bears)?