"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:34:21 -0700, Cheri wrote:
>
>> Why, because you don't drink much of it? I'm curious why people usually
>> think it's ok to tax the other guy. I don't, not even on products that I
>> seldomly use.
>
> Every time a cigarette tax is proposed and goes up for a vote, it will
> pass because of that same mentality. Very little of the money
> accumulated from the tax actually goes towards any sort of smoking
> causes.
>
> I would vote to triple the tax on petroleum if the money were to go to
> funding proper alternative energy programs and research.
>
> -sw


Yes, we saw how that worked. They used the cigarette settlement money for
everything but smoking related illness. I was surprised that the last time
it was up for a 1.00 a pack increase in CA, they voted it down. I don't
smoke anymore, but I'm not voting for taxes on someone else.

Cheri