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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:36 PM Original message |
Drop in Smoking Means Less Tax Revenue |
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Little Wing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Eventually less Medicare costs, too. Everyone wins. |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Not really |
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Little Wing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. totally non-topical, but ok |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. they would do well to |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I figure tobacco farmers would be eager to get in on bio fuels |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. Don't you make that up one the other end? |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Not really. |
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Done (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Absolutely, we keep getting fatter and fatter as we... |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I don't think so - see this snippet |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. You know I read that as Drop-In smoking |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Tax something else that they see as bad for you...like, say, fast food, |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. Monday was my 1 year anniversary of quitting smoking |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Congratulations!!! Keep up the good work! |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. You can quit too. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Hubby's grandma quit cold-turkey at the age of 79, after having been a |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Thank you for the encouragement to quit |
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GeorgeGist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
12. I guess they'll have to find some other ... |
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countingbluecars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
13. Tax luxury items instead. eom |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. Legalise pot and there will be a windfall of new tax dollars for BushCo & the republicans wars..... |
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pdrichards114 (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
15. This is why whenever any govt. needs money. Hey Let's tax the smokers!!! |
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bling bling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. What smoker or former smoker didn't see this coming. |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-15-07 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
19. Raise the Death Tax then .... |
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