Cigarette Tax’s Unintended Consequences That EVERYBODY Saw Coming – Except Libs

[mudwhistle]

Yep.....Democrats see a problem....and they make it worse.

Never fails.

Progressivism: constantly finding new and interesting ways to break things that are functioning perfectly fine.

"I come, I fuck shit up, I leave" -- Progressive Mantra

Not quite. More like, "I come, I fuck shit up, I use it as an excuse to fuck even more shit up. And I never, EVER leave!"

And blame it on Bush or not enough funding. Their defense is Bush did it. The only answer is to increase the size of government.

 

[rightwinger]

Public smoking laws, education and sin taxes have all done what liberals intended.

Making smoking a thing of the past

Will anyone be smoking cigarettes a generation from now?




.

 

[Wilbur Right]

All Republicans should be required to smoke.

The sooner they die, the better off we will be.

Could even eliminate the cig tax if it would help them (Repubs) smoke more.

 

[Cecilie1200]

Y'all do know that when smoking is finally against the law punishable by fines or jail, those who aimed their ire at smokers will be looking for a new target, dontcha?
Get ready drinkers. Yer next.

Dems like to make things legal and tax them. So let us. GOPers and their fundamentalists are the law and order tyrants...

Cigarettes were always legal. Democrats just love to tax everything.

of course. I hope they start taxing the crap out of something these uppity cigarette haters like.

That's why I say tax abortions. Libs love killing babies, so an abortion tax would kill them. LOL!

I could live with that idea. $200 tax on abortions to properly dispose of their children they are killing off.

Well, they ARE biohazardous waste, so they DO require very specific and stringent disposal guidelines, so I could see it.

 

[Wyatt earp]

All Republicans should be required to smoke.

The sooner they die, the better off we will be.

Could even eliminate the cig tax if it would help them (Repubs) smoke more.

Can't wait for anarchy can you?

 

[jon_berzerk]

Public smoking laws, education and sin taxes have all done what liberals intended.

Making smoking a thing of the past

Will anyone be smoking cigarettes a generation from now?




.

or created a hell of a black market product

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

All Republicans should be required to smoke.

The sooner they die, the better off we will be.

Could even eliminate the cig tax if it would help them (Repubs) smoke more.

Correct, then the entire country can look like Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, or any number of liberal Mecca's.

I think all liberals should be required to have an abortion.

 

[rightwinger]

Public smoking laws, education and sin taxes have all done what liberals intended.

Making smoking a thing of the past

Will anyone be smoking cigarettes a generation from now?




.

or created a hell of a black market product

Who cares?
Smokers are being driven from society. They can't smoke at work. Can't smoke in public areas. Many can't even smoke in their homes are cars
So now they are driven to the black market to buy their precious smokes. Means I don't have to stand behind them in line at the convenience store

 

[jon_berzerk]

Public smoking laws, education and sin taxes have all done what liberals intended.

Making smoking a thing of the past

Will anyone be smoking cigarettes a generation from now?




.

or created a hell of a black market product

Who cares?
Smokers are being driven from society. They can't smoke at work. Can't smoke in public areas. Many can't even smoke in their homes are cars
So now they are driven to the black market to buy their precious smokes. Means I don't have to stand behind them in line at the convenience store

Who cares?

--LOL

the ATF cares

the State Cares

--LOL

falling cig tax revenue is only an illusion of less smoking

--LOL

i understand you live in a bubble

 

[peach174]

Public smoking laws, education and sin taxes have all done what liberals intended.

Making smoking a thing of the past

Will anyone be smoking cigarettes a generation from now?




.

or created a hell of a black market product

Who cares?
Smokers are being driven from society. They can't smoke at work. Can't smoke in public areas. Many can't even smoke in their homes are cars
So now they are driven to the black market to buy their precious smokes. Means I don't have to stand behind them in line at the convenience store

Means even communist and dictatorship countries have more freedom of smoking than Americans have.
America the 1st country ever to have freedom from government is now less free because the left think that they should tell the people what they can and can't do.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Public smoking laws, education and sin taxes have all done what liberals intended.

Making smoking a thing of the past

Will anyone be smoking cigarettes a generation from now?




.

or created a hell of a black market product

Who cares?
Smokers are being driven from society. They can't smoke at work. Can't smoke in public areas. Many can't even smoke in their homes are cars
So now they are driven to the black market to buy their precious smokes. Means I don't have to stand behind them in line at the convenience store

Means even communist and dictatorship countries have more freedom of smoking than Americans have.
America the 1st country ever to have freedom from government is now less free because the left think that they should tell the people what they can and can't do.

All Republicans should be required to smoke.

The sooner they die, the better off we will be.

Could even eliminate the cig tax if it would help them (Repubs) smoke more.

I feel the same way about the left and abortions...in two generations we'd be free of you loons

 

[rightwinger]

Public smoking laws, education and sin taxes have all done what liberals intended.

Making smoking a thing of the past

Will anyone be smoking cigarettes a generation from now?




.

or created a hell of a black market product

Who cares?
Smokers are being driven from society. They can't smoke at work. Can't smoke in public areas. Many can't even smoke in their homes are cars
So now they are driven to the black market to buy their precious smokes. Means I don't have to stand behind them in line at the convenience store

Means even communist and dictatorship countries have more freedom of smoking than Americans have.
America the 1st country ever to have freedom from government is now less free because the left think that they should tell the people what they can and can't do.

I don't see any bans...do you?

The fact that smokers are no longer allowed to spread their filth wherever they choose is not an infringement on their liberty

 

[HappyJoy]

Ah, we don't have the right to blow smoke in everyone else's faces anymore and become a huge burden on our healthcare system. Boo hoo. We're all communists now.

 

[peach174]

Public smoking laws, education and sin taxes have all done what liberals intended.

Making smoking a thing of the past

Will anyone be smoking cigarettes a generation from now?




.

or created a hell of a black market product

Who cares?
Smokers are being driven from society. They can't smoke at work. Can't smoke in public areas. Many can't even smoke in their homes are cars
So now they are driven to the black market to buy their precious smokes. Means I don't have to stand behind them in line at the convenience store

Means even communist and dictatorship countries have more freedom of smoking than Americans have.
America the 1st country ever to have freedom from government is now less free because the left think that they should tell the people what they can and can't do.

I don't see any bans...do you?

The fact that smokers are no longer allowed to spread their filth wherever they choose is not an infringement on their liberty

Yes there are many bans.
Including that in some areas you can't even smoke outside any longer let alone in your own home.

Now I do agree with areas that should be just for smokers but it has gone to far with not being able to smoke in your own home or in the public street.

 

[peach174]

Ah, we don't have the right to blow smoke in everyone else's faces anymore and become a huge burden on our healthcare system. Boo hoo. We're all communists now.

The Communists can still do that.

 

[aaronleland]

Get ready drinkers. Yer next.

I'll be too drunk to notice.

 

[rightwinger]

Public smoking laws, education and sin taxes have all done what liberals intended.

Making smoking a thing of the past

Will anyone be smoking cigarettes a generation from now?




.

or created a hell of a black market product

Who cares?
Smokers are being driven from society. They can't smoke at work. Can't smoke in public areas. Many can't even smoke in their homes are cars
So now they are driven to the black market to buy their precious smokes. Means I don't have to stand behind them in line at the convenience store

Means even communist and dictatorship countries have more freedom of smoking than Americans have.
America the 1st country ever to have freedom from government is now less free because the left think that they should tell the people what they can and can't do.

I don't see any bans...do you?

The fact that smokers are no longer allowed to spread their filth wherever they choose is not an infringement on their liberty

Yes there are many bans.
Including that in some areas you can't even smoke outside any longer let alone in your own home.

Now I do agree with areas that should be just for smokers but it has gone to far with not being able to smoke in your own home or in the public street.

Only when your own home shares a wall with another home

The stench of cigarettes travels well beyond your walls

 

[LeftofLeft]

Were liberals the only ones who didn’t see this coming?

When New York raised their cigarette taxes to the highest in the nation – $4.35 per pack – not only did revenue decline by $1.3 billion, but organized crime and the smuggling of cigarettes across state lines is now rampant in the Empire State.

Over the last ten years, while state lawmakers raised the tobacco tax by190 percent, smokers switched to cheaper alternatives – like going to nearby Indian Reservations – quit smoking altogether or bought them on the rampant black market, The Daily Caller is reporting.

In fact, now 58 percent of all cigarettes are supplied from out-of-state and the number of packs bought at “full price” has dropped by 62 percent.


Snip

High cigarette taxes not only assist global crime networks but also have a disproportionate impact on the poor. According to the New York State Department of Health, low-income smokers, defined as individuals in households earning less than $30,000 a year, spent 23.6 percent of the annual household income on cigarettes in 2010-2011. That number is up from 11.6 percent in 2003-2004.


Read more: New York Loses $400 Million After Imposing The Nation’s Highest Cigarette Tax

If it contributes to s decline in smoking, it's a great social goal achieved. But, don't think NY is going to reward its taxpayers with a tax cut and/or spending cut.. keep your eye out to where they are going to make it up.

 

[HappyJoy]

Ah, we don't have the right to blow smoke in everyone else's faces anymore and become a huge burden on our healthcare system. Boo hoo. We're all communists now.

The Communists can still do that.

Yep.

 

[peach174]

or created a hell of a black market product

Who cares?
Smokers are being driven from society. They can't smoke at work. Can't smoke in public areas. Many can't even smoke in their homes are cars
So now they are driven to the black market to buy their precious smokes. Means I don't have to stand behind them in line at the convenience store

Means even communist and dictatorship countries have more freedom of smoking than Americans have.
America the 1st country ever to have freedom from government is now less free because the left think that they should tell the people what they can and can't do.

I don't see any bans...do you?

The fact that smokers are no longer allowed to spread their filth wherever they choose is not an infringement on their liberty

Yes there are many bans.
Including that in some areas you can't even smoke outside any longer let alone in your own home.

Now I do agree with areas that should be just for smokers but it has gone to far with not being able to smoke in your own home or in the public street.

Only when your own home shares a wall with another home

The stench of cigarettes travels well beyond your walls

But it is now OK for marajuna smokers.

Now in some areas you can't even smoke in your own backyard or in the outdoor public areas.
It's outdoors for crying out loud no one else is really getting exposed to that in the open air.