CALIFORNIA VOTERS APPROVE MASSIVE CIGAR, CIGARETTE TAX INCREASE

Halfwheel ^ | Nov 9 '17 | Charlie Minato

[ColdOne]

I forgot about those.

[ColdOne]

What reason was given for raising the taxes? What lie did they use? Tax money would go to children who could not afford unicorns?

[Jacquerie]

Direct democracy has no legitimate place in a republic.

[snoringbear]

“How about kicking them out of the union?”

Actually, after Trumps winning the presidencyI read a thread here on FR about a movement in California to secede from the union. Conversely, had Hillary won there would have been lots of chatter here in Texas about secession.

[Drango]

I know. How dare the people, freely march into a voting booth and freely vote? How dare them?

[Syncro]

It looks like the tax is going to start July 1st.

Is that your understanding of when it will start?

[ConsCA]

Gawd. I hate this, I live in California and smoke 1-2 packs of cigs and 2 cigars a day I’ve done so for 40 years and intend to do so for another 40. But, suddenly it’s become much more expensive.

I will have to have friends in other states send me cigs and cigars.

It’s bad enough I can’t smoke in public venues like I was able, or within x feet of a a public entrance/toilet/squirrel breeding ground/light pole/street corner/etc. And all that bull about second hand smoke? Or how bad smoking is supposed to be for you? Garbage.

[Drango]

I think July 1st is the date. Read that somewhere.

[RedWulf]

And people wonder why cigar consumers order from out of state.

[Drango]

You joined FR just to post on a smoking tread? What’s you other name here?

[RedWulf]

>It’s a USER tax. Only people who use the product pay the tax. Inherently fair if you ask me.

I say that only people the people being taxed should have the right to vote on the tax. Taxation passed by people not being taxed is Tyranny.

[RedWulf]

Cig usage is in massive decline due to vaping. This will just further this along.

[Cvengr]

California Democrats must really hate Cubans.