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ProgressiveProfessor

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17. California is beer and wine country...can't hurt the home teams

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 22, 2012, 08:32 PM

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California smokers may get hit with new tax [View all] alp227 Dec 2012 OP

Why stop there? Tax alcoholic drinks. Fair's fair if you're talking about 'sin' taxes. CurtEastPoint Dec 2012 #1

California is beer and wine country...can't hurt the home teams ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #17

Are they really going to have enough revenue for that? LiberalFighter Dec 2012 #2

That kind of tax creates a disincentive for the state to discourage smoking slackmaster Dec 2012 #3

Great. Tax mostly very poor people for programs that serve the entitled rich. NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #4

And tax the oil companies already! BlueCaliDem Dec 2012 #7

As a healthcare worker. . . BigDemVoter Dec 2012 #5

Considering heart disease is the number one killer in the US magellan Dec 2012 #6

Bad food and alcohol don't do the damage that smoking does. BigDemVoter Dec 2012 #8

They should also tax soda at $1 a can, LeftofObama Dec 2012 #9

Why not do what Bloome, the repuke 1%er mayor do and just ban things we don't like? ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #18

Oh please, living longer costs more so smokers don't really cost more. Live and Learn Dec 2012 #11

So the $1 tax lost at the ballot box DJ13 Dec 2012 #10

+1 nt Live and Learn Dec 2012 #12

+2 slackmaster Dec 2012 #13

Why not an ammo tax instead? nt Live and Learn Dec 2012 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Bad_Ronald Dec 2012 #15

If Californians want higher education, let all Californians pay for it. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2012 #16

The problem is what happens when the sin taxes are successful and program they funded ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #19

As a non-smoking CSU employee, I'm against this effort petronius Dec 2012 #20

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