Booze, Butts, Pop Targeted for Tax Hikes in California

CNSNews.com ^ | 3/26/02 | Chris Rizo

[kattracks]

ping

[chainsaw]

to create a variety of new programs that would, among other things, discourage smoking

I thought that was what the tobacco settlement was for, among other things.

[altair]

And prop. 99 and the one before that ...

[SkyPilot]

Booz, Butts,.....Targeted for Tax Hikes...

It is about time California tax Homosexuality! The revenues will be astronomical! Brilliant!

[Prodigal Son]

I know it would never happen, but my fantasy would have these three industries simply stop selling their products in California altogether (or at least threaten to do so) in retaliation. No law against it and it would effectively undermine these stupid laws. A good way of telling the socialists out there to go get stuffed.

[GailA]

Beginning of the Twinkie tax.

[Dog Gone]

These folks have simply ruined what used to be the best state in the country.

[Tijeras_Slim]

astronomical?

Surely you pun.

[Inge_CAV]

"to create a variety of new programs that would, among other things, discourage smoking and child obesity."

And gubmint grows larger than ever.

We need spaying and neutering laws for gubmints.

[scouse]

Paul Knepprath, a lobbyist for the American Lung Association, which is spearheading support for the bill.

I would like to see a law which states that all people working for or at the American Lung Association should do it Pro Bono. All money raised should be used only for pulmonary research

[Lazamataz]

There will be, before I die, state mandated physical fitness programs.

Just like Nazi Germany and Communist China.

[Lazamataz]

It is about time California tax Homosexuality!

No, the resources gathered from these taxes will certainly be used to encourage homosexuality.

I would not at all be surprised to see a heterosexual tax.

[Lazamataz]

Sen. Gloria Romero is working to institute an "alcohol retailer fee" which consumers would pay each time they bought a drink in the state. The amount of the fee has yet to be determined.

Why Gloria, it should clearly be one hundred zillion skadillion eleventy trillion dollars for one shot of alcohol.

In richest liberal tradition.

[cibco]

"There will be, before I die, state mandated physical fitness programs."

May you live a veeeeeery long life.

[Lazamataz]

May you live a veeeeeery long life.

I've got 'til Tuesday.

[cibco]

Party on... dude

[MrB]

industries simply stop selling their products in California altogether

Gates kind of threatened this not too long ago. Basically, states that didn't accept the Atny Gen'l's settlement and demanded a "non-bundling" of software with the operating system would not have the operating system sold in their states.
It's about time some industries did the shrug of Atlas.

[wku man]

For some reason, a song keeps copming to mind...

"If you get too cold I'll tax your heat, if you take a walk I'll tax the streets..."

The Stevie Ray Vaughan cover version, that is.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[Just another Joe]

"To place the majority of the tax burden on one group of people is fundamentally unfair,"

Are they JUST NOW figuring this out?