Tobacco to be taxed heavily in U.S

Tobacco to be taxed heavily in U.S

Cigar smoking is passion for many people around this country. This insane tax hike of nearly 6000 percent will not only force individuals to find other means of obtaining tobacco. Many will no longer be able to afford such a massive increase. It will destroy and put several local vendors out of business leaving them to struggle for a lively hood. Hence they may need to apply for the SCHIP just cover there families health care. The SCHIP at its current state is sufficient for the lower to mid-working class of America. It is an out rage to give those who make 80,000 to 100,000 per year an opportunity to qualify for this program. Most employers who pay out that much also include awesome health plans. The “dream” of universal health care is just another one of those little steps that is slowly turning our Land Of The Free to another country ruled by dictatorship. To be fair don’t just pick on tobacconist pick on all the “sinful” luxuries and spread it out across the board if you must but 6000% PLEASE!

Do you have any idea how much spit...

... tobacco workers have to generate in a day?

What a burden that is for the state in health care for those workers?

More than half become political hacks supporting all kinds of illegal causes! Taken advantage of by all kinds of political no goods!

Certainly it will curtail the lil pundits base and he will indeed veto the legislation of the People!

~galljdaj+;48833:
... tobacco workers have to generate in a day?

What a burden that is for the state in health care for those workers?

More than half become political hacks supporting all kinds of illegal causes! Taken advantage of by all kinds of political no goods!

Certainly it will curtail the lil pundits base and he will indeed veto the legislation of the People!

Wow, a 6000 percent tax increase and camel lips talks about spit.

Then digresses into a political diatribe that is nonsense.

TYPICAL LIBTARD!!!!

uncle toms paper asshole talking again...

... , Obviously he knows nothing, especially about cigar making!

The lives of cigar makers mean nothing to the old hate monger! All he worries about is how much a cigar will cost him! One dies, he says go get another body!

What a mean spirited old crab!

~galljdaj+;48883:
... , Obviously he knows nothing, especially about cigar making!

The lives of cigar makers mean nothing to the old hate monger! All he worries about is how much a cigar will cost him! One dies, he says go get another body!

What a mean spirited old crab!

This will NOT increase any wages to the cigar maker, mental midget. Only increase money to the government. Don’t use the typical libtard argument.

6000 percent increase?

Didn’t pass...
:o
Cigar Tax Up 6,000% to Pay for SCHIP
October 18, 2007 - The increase in federal tobacco taxes that congressional Democrats are proposing to fund their new healthcare initiative is being praised by anti-smoking advocates as an effective way to discourage tobacco sales.

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“We are strongly in favor of the SCHIP proposal," Erika Sward, director of National Advocacy for the American Lung Association, told Cybercast News Service. “We see it as a win-win for children’s health." “The first win is that the cigarette tax will be increased by 61 cents, which will have a significant impact on youth smoking rates," she said. “And the other win is that millions of children, including those with lung disease, will be able to have health insurance as a result."

The tax hikes would include raising the federal cigarette tax from 39 cents to one dollar. Additionally, the tax cap on cigars would be raised from five cents to three dollars, a 6,000 percent increase. The additional revenue would fund an expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Plan (SCHIP), which Democrats want to increase by $50 billion over five years. The expanded program would provide state-funded healthcare for all Americans under the age of 25 from families with an annual income under $83,000.

Patrick Reynolds, executive director of the Foundation for a Smoke-Free America and grandson of tobacco magnate R.J. Reynolds, endorsed SCHIP and contended that the additional tobacco taxes could potentially save billions of dollars in healthcare costs every year by discouraging smoking. “For every 10 percent increase in the price of a pack of cigarettes, there’s a 7 percent decline in youth smoking and a 4 percent decline in adult smoking," Reynolds told Cybercast News Service. “And this serves everyone’s healthcare costs."

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Republicans Uphold SCHIP Veto
October 18, 2007 - Democrats in the House of Representatives failed to override President Bush’s veto of an expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), a failure that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) called “one of the worst things to happen to this country besides the war.“

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Only 273 members of the House of Representatives votes were in favor of overriding Bush’s veto, short of the two-thirds majority of 286 votes needed to overturn it. Bush vetoed the expansion of SCHIP, a federally funded program that pays for children’s health insurance, on Oct. 3, citing concerns that it increased funding too much and made a step toward government-run health care. Republicans in Congress had also opposed the bill, because it opens funding to families making $62,000 a year, three times the federal poverty level.

“I hope that the opportunity to sit down and work together comes today after this vote," House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said in a floor statement before the vote. Republicans complained that Democrats delayed a vote on the veto override so they could spend two weeks pressuring Republicans to switch their votes. “The American people are tired of all the political games," Boehner said, calling on Democratic leaders to work with Republicans to craft a reauthorization of SCHIP that will earn Bush’s support.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said in a news conference after the vote that she was willing to sit down with Bush to discuss how to move forward with SCHIP, but she said several proposals put forth by House Republicans to change the bill would not be considered. She rejected suggestions to find an alternative source of funding for the expansion. The failed bill would have raised the tobacco tax on cigarettes and cigars to pay for the $35 billion increase. As Cybercast News Service reported, some analysts raised concerns that a tobacco tax - which is also used to discourage smoking - is not a stable way to fund a program like SCHIP.

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Federal Tax Would Target Smokers...

Congress Aims to Extinguish Cigarettes
WASHINGTON Nov 10, 2007 - Congress Takes New Whacks at Big Tobacco by Seeking Significant Tax Increase on Cigarettes

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Congress is taking new whacks at the cigarette industry, banning tobacco sales in Senate buildings and more importantly seeking a significant federal tax increase on cigarettes. The industry, once a lobbying behemoth, is quietly working against the tax bill. But it lacks the clout it once wielded.

Several key lawmakers said they have had no recent contacts with tobacco lobbyists. And both houses have signaled a willingness to raise the cigarette tax if other provisions of a children’s health bill can be resolved. “I think the industry has tried to do things more quietly, largely because they obviously know how popular a tobacco tax is," said Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA. The health advocacy group supports a proposed $35 billion increase in the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, which a higher cigarette tax would finance.

House and Senate negotiators are trying to craft a veto-proof version of the bill. President Bush says he would veto it because it calls for a 61 cents-per-pack increase in the federal excise tax on cigarettes, taking it to $1. The House came within about a dozen votes of overriding Bush’s veto of a similar bill last month. The bill’s supporters are offering to change program eligibility rules in hopes of picking up enough Republicans to make the revised bill veto-proof. The proposed cigarette tax increase is not at issue, leaders of both parties said.

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