I think it is Boston Tea Party Time

[v-8power]

The price of fuel will most likely NEVER come down IMO.

 

[Mark_88]

If you smoke, drink, drive, or have sex with plastic dollies you can expect to pay more for your bad habits...I do all of the above except the plastic dollies...they keep rejecting me...

 

[Simple_serf]

There was just a thing in the paper the other day that said NY is going to raise their taxes on a PACK of cigarettes by $1.25, which will bring the total taxes to one of the highest if not the highest in the country.

Glad I don't smoke.

We have the seneca nation nearby (the one that both Pataki and Spitzer tried to tax (When pataki did it, they shut down I-90 and I-86 which runs through the reservations))...they will be doing quite well soon, methinks!

Now, if they raise the alcohol tax, I might be screwed.

 

[koda6966]

There was just a thing in the paper the other day that said NY is going to raise their taxes on a PACK of cigarettes by $1.25, which will bring the total taxes to one of the highest if not the highest in the country.
Glad I don't smoke.

Maybe it will convince some people NOT to smoke.

 

[Mark_88]

Maybe it will convince some people NOT to smoke.

It might do that...but it will also help them find alternatives...not that I think smoking is a healthy habit, but making up all the anti-smoking nonsense to justify taxing the crap out of tobacco reminds me of the saying "governments are the only one who can legally use coercion to get what they want"...

And what they want is more tobacco tax revenue...not to purify the world...

If you think about it (reading the anti-smoking propaganda) 85% of all cancer deaths and 80% of all heart disease deaths are NOT smoking related.

And when they say that they are trying to prevent these deaths because they are "preventable"...it's a crock of horse dung...

But I don't think I want to get into the whys and wherefores...I was actually writing a book on this topic but did not complete it...it's a very complicated issue...and, unfortunately, there is no way to stop the nonsense...except to quit smoking or find alternatives...

I'm looking for alternatives, but quitting smoking is also an option...