Louisiana Tobacco Bill

beatnic
beatnic Posts: 4,133 ✭
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Tobacco tax increase #HB63 effectively dead without a vote in House committee http://bit.ly/jrwito We won this battle. Stay armed gentlemen.

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  • sightunseen
    sightunseen Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭
    Congratulations to you guys. WA is stuck with a 95% tobacco tax (on sales prices, with a $0.65/cigar cap), one of the highest in the country.
  • alienmisprint
    alienmisprint Posts: 3,962 ✭✭✭
    Its about damn time one of these bills failed.
  • jfaciane
    jfaciane Posts: 242 ✭
    That's great news. WHODAT!! I live in FL now but will move back to my home town eventually and I'm glad to hear this. Wish other states would follow suit.
  • amz1301
    amz1301 Posts: 1,299 ✭
    Why is it everytime they come up with these tobacco / smoking tax proposals or bans they always feel the need to throw in there, "well this is a deterrent for potential smokers, especially the youth." Come on man.
  • fla-gypsy
    fla-gypsy Posts: 3,023 ✭✭
    amz1301:
    Why is it everytime they come up with these tobacco / smoking tax proposals or bans they always feel the need to throw in there, "well this is a deterrent for potential smokers, especially the youth." Come on man.
    Because the unintelligent and uninformed, scratch that, the ignorant will believe anything they are told.
  • havanaal
    havanaal Posts: 155 ✭✭
    Maybe the tide is turning. I'm sure the experience of other states, where revenue drops after overtaxation, had something to do with this. I think lawmakers in LA have other things to do besides destroying commerce.
  • beatnic
    beatnic Posts: 4,133 ✭
    They fought this one on the message of the tea party
    NO NEW TAXES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • blurr
    blurr Posts: 962 ✭✭
    Who sponsored this bill, do you know by chance?

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