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| Bush Vows To Veto Democrat $10-Per-Cigar Tax |
| 2007-07-18 |
| Let's talk about this cigar tax, this cigarette tax. The president says he going to veto it. He "reiterated today his threat to veto Senate legislation that would substantially increase funds for childrenÂ’s health insurance by levying a 61-cent-a-pack increase in the federal excise tax on cigarettes." This includes that whopping 20,000% increase on the tax on cigars. The tax on cigars right now is five cents. It will go to ten bucks on large cigars. By the way, for those of you who are not cigar aficionados as am I, a large cigar is defined as anything that is not a cigar that will fit in a pack of 20, like cigarettes do. And those aren't cigars. They might be called cigarillos, but if they're made by a machine, you may as well give 'em to the homeless. So the point is, every cigar is a large cigar, ten bucks. The president is threatening to veto it... |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #5 To paraphrase Dennis Miller - WC Fileds is turning in his grave like a lamb on a gyro spit run by a meth addict. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2007-07-18 23:06 |
| #4 And how much revenue would that generate? Cigars are a nice thing to have, but I ain't smokin' a $10+ one. I think most people would stop since smoking rather than pay. Or maybe that is the point.... Either way, goddamn worthless sacks of shit dhimocrat congressmen are. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-07-18 22:52 |
| #3 Insane. Kinda incentive for a thriving black market. Shouldn't these Donks read up something on economics? |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-07-18 22:41 |
| #2 Whew! What a relief! Hillary almost had me there! |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2007-07-18 20:58 |
| #1 Me needs my Cohiba's and Bolivar's in times of stress or victory! |
| Posted by: borgboy2001 2007-07-18 20:42 |