WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Adding a $1 per pack tax to cigarettes could raise more than $9 billion a year for states, health advocates said on Wednesday, and a poll released with the study shows Americans would support such a tax.
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The poll, conducted by International Communications Research, found 60 percent of voters would support the tax to help struggling states and would prefer it over other tax increases or budget cuts.
"An increase in tobacco tax rates is not only sound public health policy but a smart and predictable way to help boost the economy and generate long-term health savings for states facing deepening budget deficits," said John Seffrin, chief executive of the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. More here:
By all means, LET'S TAX THOSE WITCHES!! Dirty, filthy smokers. While we're at it, let's tax the latte's etc at Starbucks too. I think $1 per drink would be fine, don't you? Let's get those soda drinkers too. They're disgusting.
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I love it how the government thinks it's a grand idea to tax people for consuming products deemed "bad for you". They do it under the guise of using the tax revenues to fund social programs that benefit the people being taxed. Of course, the politicians get their hands on these funds first and "something" always comes up that trumps the original.
Of course, once the shell game begins, it's tough to figure out how much of the money went where. If it's under the control of a Democrat, you can be very sure it went to their "campaign fund" or to a friend, a friend's company, or anywhere OTHER than the originally intended recipient.
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