more taxes=more spending

I think they should add a dollar tax to each apple sold. I'm sick of being taxed for my habit.

Let's let the healthy people take "one for the team".

A_L

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
In Chicago and New York cigarettes between $8.75 and $10.00 a pack! Please God let it be enough! If you want to make real revenue and tax an inhaled substance legalize marijuana! Cigarettes are grossly, grossly overtaxed.

If they lowered the cigarette tax by $1 they would create much more revenue. They have it totally backwards.

It's time to do the unfavourable and tax the fat people and their bad habits that are actually more of a burden to the health care system than smokers. Truth of the matter is most life-long smokers don't live long enough to hurt the healthcare system yet over their life-time contribute 30% more to the tax system than a fat person by their own design who uses the healthcare system all the time. Enough is enough, find some other demographic to tax this time.

It seems like there is a new tax on cigs, each year it seems like the price goes up. Where did that money go im sure it reaped BILIIONS aswell.

I'm about to snap and go over the deep end no joke. If Osama comes back and pulls off another attack. I'm gonna be dancing in the streets with the muslims.

I've had it up to here with the government

I want to see them burn litterly. I want to see politicians jumping out of windows on fire.

It doesnt matter anyway cause the new FSC ciggs are making people sick and they are quiting smoking... I cant stand the smell of the new fsc cigg it makes me sick and ill just to smell them... What kind of chemical did they put in them to make them so horrible??

NO NO NO NO NO more taxes I am already paying $6 a pack. At some point it is moraly wrong to tax somehting that is legal so high and they have reached it I will quit if they do it and they will loose my money.

I wonder if who ever did this study looked to see how much money the government would save if they stopped subsidizing tobacco growers.

Do they think people will continually pay for this stupidity.

It was just give us who do smoke more of a incentive to find something else to enjoy.

Eventually there would not be any taxes.

Why don't they put a 1 buck tax on 2 buck chuck(a cheap wine)?

Seems there are a lot of people sitting around drunk coming up with stupid ideas.

[edit on 11-2-2010 by Oneolddude]

In Australia i'm paying $21 for a pk of 50's, Smoking dope would be cheaper!

[edit on 11-2-2010 by MOTT the HOOPLE]

The problem with a tax hike like this is that it gives the government the delusional idea of being able to spend more.

So I refuse to acknowledge the so called mathematics behind this article.

Originally posted by DEEZNUTZ
It's time to do the unfavourable and tax the fat people and their bad habits that are actually more of a burden to the health care system than smokers. Truth of the matter is most life-long smokers don't live long enough to hurt the healthcare system yet over their life-time contribute 30% more to the tax system than a fat person by their own design who uses the healthcare system all the time. Enough is enough, find some other demographic to tax this time.

Only problem with that is everyone including yourself buys food, there is no exclusive food that only fat people eat. I think the best solution is legalizing certain drugs and taxing those sales. I would also be for heavy taxation on both alcohol and cigarettes, these are luxury toxins people don't need.

[edit on 11-2-2010 by DraconianKing]

stop buying ciggs and buy ammo.

we are at war, what else do you need to know.

Come on folks, I might as pull out a dollar from my own wallet, roll it up and smoke it.

YA Legalize Marajuana Stopping taxing us for the habits you have allowed us to have.

At least Marajuana is safer and its dam near legal in California might as sell it and tax it and start paying off all the debt we have.

Once California finally Legalizes marajuana and starts selling it state wide the money will be rolling in and then the Fed will legalize it and take thier cut.

Then one by one the states will follow by legalizing it ti saave thier state from debt.

I know people are going to come back say no weeds bad your just a stoner and a loser.

I Work a 40hr plus work week and it does not affect me or my job I do it to relax and I never go to work high or drive I stay at home when I am high most of the time.

I only smoke when my kids are not home or after they go to bed I sneek outside for a joint.

Then I chill out with my gf and we have a relaxing night of movies or some Xbox 360.

Weed is my drink I drnk maybe 10 times a year and I am responsiable
enough to know when to do it and when not to.

Hell 80% of the U.S. citizens want it legalized why not give the people what they want and it can help the country at the same time to help payoff debt.

They need to stop adding tax cigerettes its not are fualt we can't quit its thier fault we smoke in the first place.

"We have irrefutable evidence that raising the tobacco tax lowers smoking rates among adults and deters millions of children from picking up their first cigarette," Seffrin said in a statement.

The price does not "deter millions of children from picking up their first cigarette". Everyone knows that nobody pays for their first cigarette.

These people deliberately sell a product that they know is one of the most addictive and deadly substances on the planet. Then, once people are hooked, they pretend they care for you by jacking up the prices.