I am so proud. Once again New York State has called upon me and my fellow smokers to rescue the state from financial meltdown. No one else stepped up to the plate, so here we go again. The NYS government approved the highest cigarette tax in the nation in a politically correct, albeit fiscally unsound, attempt to balance its budget.
Everyone hates smokers, right? The anti-smoking lobby loves the tax. The honest thing would be to outlaw smoking. But then another scapegoat would have to be found for skyrocketing health care costs, the cancer epidemic caused by thousands of chemicals in our air, water and food, the excessive presence of hormones in our food.
Hey, if drugs were legalized, it would open up a whole new constituency to call upon to save the state budget from collapse.
Here's what I think...
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What will be interesting to learn is how much of the new revenue will be directed towards advertising to encourage people to STOP smoking, thereby lowering the number of smokers which will lead to higher taxes on the remaining smokers with some of the revenue directed to advertising to encourage people to stop smoking thereby lowering the number of smokers, leading to higher taxes..................
ReplyDeleteYou're making my head spin. I need a cigarette!
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