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| 2009-06-12 |
| WASHINGTON – Congress sent legislation to the White House Friday granting the federal government unprecedented authority to regulate and restrict cigarettes, the single largest cause of preventable death. President Barack Obama quickly expressed his support, appearing in the Rose Garden almost immediately after the House gave final approval to the bill giving the Food and Drug Administration control over tobacco production, marketing and sales. |
| Posted by:Anginemp Jeretle5290 |
| #4 Here in the People's Republic of Michigan, the State gets two bucks per pack sold. They would hate to see a decrease in a billion and change revenue stream. As for a black market, smuggling cigarettes from low tax to high tax states is already a big business. Some jihadis got pinched for it awhile back, IIRC. state cigarette tax rates state tobacco tax revenue |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-06-12 23:45 |
| #3 Here comes the black market for tobacco! There's a farmer a couple of miles from here who grows a couple of acres of tobacco every year. I bet he wouldn't mind branching out into a little illicit retail operation... |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2009-06-12 16:32 |
| #2 EPA to take over farming and ranching so our environment will be safe. Of course you could all starve to death, but you will be safe from methane and carbon dioxide. |
| Posted by: bman 2009-06-12 15:23 |
| #1 So where in your plan is the compensation for the lost tax revenue, especially since you're funding the increase in SCHIP with it. /rhetorical question |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-06-12 13:33 |