muck4doo: Goddamnit, libs piss me off. They always can find a reason to tax anything.

Goddamnit, libs piss me off.

I knew there was a reason I always picture Eric Cartman when I read posts from Fark Conservatives.

That_Dude: That graph conveniently cuts out Obama's contribution, no?


Do you want just his own spending, or should we also include the things that were finally accounted for in the real budget ?

I work for a company that makes healthy pizza so I'm getting a kick out of this, etc.

Phony_Soldier: Why can't we tax the hell out of soda, alcohol, cigarettes and junk food, so much so that it pays for universal health care? I'd also include special taxes for speeders and gun owners.

/Just curious

that has to be one of the dumbest questions I have ever heard...

Farking shiat, how many of those researches know that you don't raise taxes during a recession...especially on goods that are purchased my middle and low income families.

Anyone who didn't see this coming hasn't been watching cigarettes the past few years. We've taxed the S**t out of tobacco to fund all sorts of wonderful things to the point that revenues are dropping to pay for all of our feel good programs. New money must come from somewhere to replace the money lost to people who had the gall to quit smoking. My money has always been on fast food since the beer/wine/liquor industry has a much stronger lobby. Either way, after the sweet success of getting gobs of cash from evil smokers, we will find a way of getting rich off of everything we can turn into a moral sin.

First, they came for the tobacco, but I said nothing because I did not smoke...

vabeard: This is long overdue.


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MrThingy: Anyone who didn't see this coming hasn't been watching cigarettes the past few years. We've taxed the S**t out of tobacco to fund all sorts of wonderful things to the point that revenues are dropping to pay for all of our feel good programs. New money must come from somewhere to replace the money lost to people who had the gall to quit smoking. My money has always been on fast food since the beer/wine/liquor industry has a much stronger lobby. Either way, after the sweet success of getting gobs of cash from evil smokers, we will find a way of getting rich off of everything we can turn into a moral sin.

First, they came for the tobacco, but I said nothing because I did not smoke...


BTW, the SCHIP tax was the "straw that broke the camel's back" for the Hav-A-Tampa cigar factory to close down, and 500 people lost their jobs.

cmb53208: On the other hand though, it is somewhat amusing to see all the fat people who wanted to tax smokers up the wazoo start to sweat.

As a fat smoker, I'm just sweating from spinning the wheel on the mouse in this long thread.