Senate Passes SCHIP Bill with Federal (61¢ a pack) Tobacco Tax Increase (illegal aliens included)

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[Libloather]

Senate Passes SCHIP Bill with Federal Tobacco Tax Increase
January 30, 2009

The U.S. Senate voted 66-32 this week to approve a major expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), funded with a 61-cent-per-pack increase in the federal tobacco tax, Reuters reported Jan. 30.

The $32.8-billion SCHIP bill would expand eligibility for the health-insurance program to an additional 11 million children; about 7.4 million kids are covered by SCHIP now. The measure was passed twice last year, but vetoed both times by President George Bush.

A similar measure has already passed the House of Representatives, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said a final vote could come next week after differences between the two bills are ironed out.

Some critics objected to the bill because it would allow states to enroll moderate-income families and does not include a ban on legal immigrants from getting coverage unless they have been in the U.S. for at least five years.

[dforest]

Oh gee, another new troll.

Howdy troll.

[DeepThought42]

What a deal—they pay the tax but don’t get any benefits!

[CindyDawg]

I don’t smoke either but some day soon it will be something you enjoy.

[mysterio]

I’m in FAVOR 61-cent-per-pack increase in the federal tobacco tax. Bigtime. No conservative should support smoking.

So you support empowering the nanny state. Sorry, that's not conservative.

Most people who are of your mindset have an unhealthy vice of their own. The only entertaining part of the nanny machine you built is watching it turn on those who created it.

I quit smoking and lost all of the weight, so I'll be watching the machine attack you from the sidelines. Enjoy.

[DeepThought42]

So you’re a troll if you ask questions? Pardon me if I actually read the legislation (or at least an analysis of it).

Excuse me for dealing in facts.

[WellyP]

Each State must pass a LAW requiring every student to present a valid certified birth certificate and or resident papers to enter school. Problem solved!

[dforest]

If you don’t know by now that Schip covers illegals and “kids” up to 30 years old, you live in la la land.

How do you know you are dealing in facts if you have to ask questions?

[freedumb2003]

So they will tax poor people to give illegal aliens healthcare.

It is called "compassion."

Now they can all sleep at night, secure in the knowledge they have Helped People.

[goodnesswins]

OKAY...everyone.....send this “news” out to all of those you know....with the headline.....”ILLEGAL Aliens and Children up to the AGE of 30 get YOUR TAX DOLLARS”

[WellyP]

The tax should have been higher! SCREW anyond stupid enough to smoke!

Funds will only be spent on Citizens and legal residents if, each State passes a LAW requiring every student to present a valid certified birth certificate and or resident papers to enter school. Problem solved!

[omega4179]

I am proposing that most smokers are mid to lower class just like most lotto players are lower class.

[dforest]

uh...are you nuts?

[Dionysius]

How about a say, $10.00 tax on a box of ammunition? 50 cents on a bottle of beer? Where does it stop?

[dforest]

And what are you? High class? Your new POTUS smokes.

[dforest]

well hoo hah, at least lotto players are honest, no? I mean they are paying to be high class like those folks in DC.

[GOP_Lady]

"I simply turn on the Golden EIB Microphone and share my honest passions and beliefs with people. And they're free to go elsewhere. They're free to ignore; they're free to believe; they're free to be entertained, I don't care. They're free to do whatever they want. But a lot of people aren't free to smoke cigarettes where they want; they're not free to drink where they want; they're not free to eat the kind of food they want to eat; they're not free to eat trans fats; they're not free to drive certain places. Pretty soon we're going to be told what kind of cars we have to drive. I can't cause that. I can't restrict anybody's freedom. We've elected a guy who can, does, and wants to, all under the guise of saving us. So I appreciate the effort, and I appreciate somewhat losing my temper here. But don't compare me ever to an authoritarian who thinks so little of people that without him they can barely breathe on their own. Don't ever do that."

LEARN IT, LOVE IT, LIVE IT!

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_012109/content/01125110.member.html

If one cannot understand Rush's words above, then one does not truly understand FREEDOM!

[dforest]

You are totally nuts. Smokers will never fun
d this peogram, they are coming for you!

Just wait.

[umgud]

So when will this get signed by Obama? When will people have to start paying the extra $0.61/pack? Will this apply to Indian reservation smokes? BTW, what’s the price at which smokers will quit? I’m guessing the gov’t is on the verge of milking this puppy too much.

[GOP_Lady]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2176340/posts?page=36#36

[mojitojoe]

The amount of tax they get already is mind boggling. Here’s an idea, everyone buy the patch, stop. See how long that additional .61 increase lasts. They would be begging people to smoke again, offering tax reductions.