Friday, September 28, 2007

CHIP legislation

G.W.: The program increase will be paid for by raising taxes on the working class. (Paraphrase, near quote).

In actuality it will be paid for by a 61 cent tax increase on cigarettes which industry is dependent predominantly on the working class. In other words, it will be bad for the Tobacco Industry.

Say what you mean, man. Bad for workers hooked on a legal substance, but generally bad for big business as more people will quit using this destructive substance for survival reasons. The folks who use cigarettes will simply be less capable of affording them.

And as sales go down, hurting the profit margins of the elite, where, pray tell will the money come from then?


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