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In the discussion thread: California voters narrowly reject new tobacco tax [View all]

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Sun Jun 24, 2012, 04:31 PM

IndyJones (1,061 posts)

45. I totally agree with you christx30.

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59 replies	Author	Time	Post
California voters narrowly reject new tobacco tax [View all]	Newsjock	Jun 2012	OP
Californians for Cancer	TBMASE	Jun 2012	#1
I am sorry i do not see the similarity.! n/t	hrmjustin	Jun 2012	#4
Not accurate.	bluesbassman	Jun 2012	#9
Nope. Californians against earmarking new tax revenue in ways that don't even keep it in the state	slackmaster	Jun 2012	#12
As a California smoker, I say "good."	Comrade Grumpy	Jun 2012	#2
when we see billions of cigarette butts all over the ground, we will think of you :-) nt	msongs	Jun 2012	#18
Excellent! These nannified sin taxes harm the poor and the working poor so much	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#3
I'd like people to start coming up with solutions.....	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Jun 2012	#5
Oh, please stop trying to nanny folks.	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#10
Wouldn't you like to see them give it up?	ProudToBeBlueInRhody	Jun 2012	#11
No, I would like them to have the freedom to choose their sins.	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#14
Problem is they choose free Medicaid health care coverage when they are wheezing for a breath of air	may3rd	Jun 2012	#30
Who else would you exclude from access to health care?	suffragette	Jun 2012	#33
+1, regressive tax to the core.	joshcryer	Jun 2012	#8
They also make the state budget dependent on continuation of unhealthy behavior	slackmaster	Jun 2012	#13
Yep, the catch-22 of all sin taxes.	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#15
It's OUTRAGEOUS that the federal government STILL subsidizes tobacco farming...	slackmaster	Jun 2012	#16
On these points I agree wholeheartedly.	Lionessa	Jun 2012	#17
They contribute to campaign elections	may3rd	Jun 2012	#31
The money wasn't going to stay in California. It was a bad prop and I'm glad the majority voted no.	IndyJones	Jun 2012	#34
Could have been better written, easy enough to try again. n/t	dimbear	Jun 2012	#6
I think the majority just said. Fuck you, state government.	russspeakeasy	Jun 2012	#7
"the majority" just said no to gay marriage as well. gotta love the majority, eh? nt	msongs	Jun 2012	#19
Sorry, I meant the "other" majority.	russspeakeasy	Jun 2012	#20
Most of the people I know	xxqqqzme	Jun 2012	#21
That's what I was trying to say. You did a much better job.	russspeakeasy	Jun 2012	#22
How about just taxing	Dokkie	Jun 2012	#23
You can only dip into the tobacco tax piggy bank so much	bluestateguy	Jun 2012	#24
I thought the price hike was to stop creating new smokers by pricing them from picking up the habit	may3rd	Jun 2012	#32
At least Californians were able to vote on the tax.	RebelOne	Jun 2012	#25
Proprietary software voting machines. A guaranteed loss for voters. nt	valerief	Jun 2012	#26
maybe a recount is in order?	may3rd	Jun 2012	#27
I'm about as staunch of an anti-smoker as you are likely to meet anywhere. I voted No.	slackmaster	Jun 2012	#28
Same with this household of non-smokers	Retrograde	Jun 2012	#40
I'm a non smoker	christx30	Jun 2012	#29
I don't want new taxes in CA. I will vote no on every tax increase put to the ballot. They need to	IndyJones	Jun 2012	#35
Wow now I know the left is doomed forever in this country.	OrwellwasRight	Jun 2012	#36
Do you live here? Do you prepare returns for corporations and see what is going on? I do.	IndyJones	Jun 2012	#37
I lived in CA for 37 years.	OrwellwasRight	Jun 2012	#38
Born and raised here, too. You want to pay more? Go ahead, no one is stopping you.	IndyJones	Jun 2012	#46
"You want to pay more taxes, go ahead, no one is stopping you"	OrwellwasRight	Jun 2012	#48
What would your limit be?	christx30	Jun 2012	#41
Who Is "you" in "you messed up"?	OrwellwasRight	Jun 2012	#42
I agree that	christx30	Jun 2012	#49
This is all not true. Just RW spin.	OrwellwasRight	Jun 2012	#50
Again, I ask you:	christx30	Jun 2012	#53
The vote in question was not a vote	OrwellwasRight	Jun 2012	#54
I totally agree with you christx30.	IndyJones	Jun 2012	#45
+1000	christx30	Jun 2012	#39
YEAH!! (nt)	beaglelover	Jun 2012	#43
Punishing addicts with taxes to cure other people is fucking stupid	lunatica	Jun 2012	#44
Agreed	Littlewon	Jun 2012	#47
California voters better come up with some measures soon to combat their Budget wows.	teddy51	Jun 2012	#51
+1	OrwellwasRight	Jun 2012	#55
People are morons. nt	onehandle	Jun 2012	#52
I don't know who the morans are but.......	nolabels	Jun 2012	#56
Tyranny of the Majority	pmorlan1	Jun 2012	#57
The whole "it will be spent outside of California" argument was idiotic,	Xithras	Jun 2012	#58
The common good would have been better served by earmarking the money for K-12 education	slackmaster	Jun 2012	#59

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