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12. Why do these tax schemes always try and increase the taxes by such a huge amount?

Thu Feb 16, 2012, 01:58 PM

Feb 2012

If they would increase it by a small amount it wouldnt have much opposition, but an increase of $1 on a product that sells for $5 is far too much.

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Lance Armstrong campaigns for California cigarette tax measure [View all] Lionel Mandrake Feb 2012 OP

Lance Armstrong is looking for some free publicity xtraxritical Feb 2012 #1

Plenty of taxes on cigarettes? Lionel Mandrake Feb 2012 #5

I don't know how it raises any significant xxqqqzme Feb 2012 #6

OT, but everything you post is somehow better for your awesome handle stevenleser Feb 2012 #2

I'm glad you like it. Lionel Mandrake Feb 2012 #16

At some point, cheaper black-market smokes will become the norm.. LeftinOH Feb 2012 #3

It already is a big problem. progressoid Feb 2012 #10

According to the LA Times story, part of the money raised by Prop. 29 Lionel Mandrake Feb 2012 #11

Or give narcos here sometning else to smuggle. expatriate2mex Feb 2012 #14

Maybe a special tax on the chemical industry. Bonhomme Richard Feb 2012 #4

Yes, our referendum system sucks. Lionel Mandrake Feb 2012 #17

OK... SOS Feb 2012 #8

I agree. Lionel Mandrake Feb 2012 #13

Totally on board with this... truebrit71 Feb 2012 #9