http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_071907/content/01125118.guest.html
what the hell happened to this country?
what the hell happened to this country?
thanks for the post. a backdoor attempt at socialized medicine financed by cigar smokers. gotta love the dems. bush will veto it, but pres. hillary/obama won't. yet another reason to vote republican in '08.
Unfortunately this was a bi-partisan sponsored bill.
The same Canada that already has public healthcare and insane tobacco (and alcohol, gas, property, income and everything else) taxes and very strict smoking laws on top of all that? Bring cigars when you move. They'll still be cheaper down there.Somebody better clear a spot for me in Canada if Hillary gets elected..... Any BOTL's up there with a spare room? :tu
Unfortunately this was a bi-partisan sponsored bill.
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Why do threads about this bill always devolve into partisan political attacks? It has been clear for many years now that anti-tobacco bills are supported by both parties and NONE of these laws, state or federal, get passed without bi-partisan support. Saying "blame" this group or that actually gets beside the point that WE as cigar smokers are trying to make in arguing against this bill.
It was both republican mayors and governors here in NY who passed some of the highest tobacco taxes in the country.
FWIW, I am an independent who is socially liberal and fiscally conservative. I feel neither party represents me, and am particularly disgusted by both nowadays. In the past couple of years, the so-called "conservative" republican controlled congress has passed two laws in particular which seem to me to be pretty contrary to what the party stands for: The Medicare Bill, which is a HUGE entitlement, and the Online Poker Ban which is a law that DIRECTLY legislates against something people do in their own free time in their own homes. I see no difference between the poker bill and this cigar bill, as in the government acts as your nanny. If you were told of these bills in a sort of a blind test, I bet most would guess they were legislation created by democrats.
OK sorry for the rant...
:sb
Yes, actually; it was called "Parliament."I think 53 Percent sales tax on ANY single item is unAmerican to the true sense of the meaning. Does ANYone in congress remember the reason for the Revolutionary War??????
Unfortunately this was a bi-partisan sponsored bill.
agreed, there are plenty of anti-smoking fascists on both sides. my point was if congress is going to remain the same, we need to elect a pres. who will veto this as bush will. that ain't any dem. running.
Not trying to get political but Bush isn't vetoing this because of the tobacco tax issue, he is vetoing because he believes the scope of the program is too large. If the program is pared down, it very well could pass his desk without even a glance.