Heaviest cigarettes smokers pay the most tobacco taxes - not fair!

[OohPooPahDoo]

In violation of the equal protection clause of the Constitution, the government is unfairly treating the heaviest cigarette smokers by forcing them to take a disproportionately large burden of the tobacco tax.

Example

Joe smokes 1 pack a day. Joe pays $369 a year in tobacco taxes

Sam smokes 1 cigarette a day. Sam will pay only $18 a year in tobacco taxes!

While Judy - who smokes zero cigarettes a year - gets off TOBACCO TAX FREE!


This is certainly not the "equal protection" our Founders had in mind! We should all be paying the SAME in tobacco taxes, regardless of how much we smoke!

 

[Wacky Quacky]

The term "apples and oranges" doesn't even begin to describe your argument.

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

The term "apples and oranges" doesn't even begin to describe your argument.

Yeah. I know. There's nothing at all about fruit in my argument. Duh.

 

[bripat9643]

You're serious?

In violation of the equal protection clause of the Constitution, the government is unfairly treating the heaviest cigarette smokers by forcing them to take a disproportionately large burden of the tobacco tax.

Example

Joe smokes 1 pack a day. Joe pays $369 a year in tobacco taxes

Sam smokes 1 cigarette a day. Sam will pay only $18 a year in tobacco taxes!

While Judy - who smokes zero cigarettes a year - gets off TOBACCO TAX FREE!


This is certainly not the "equal protection" our Founders had in mind! We should all be paying the SAME in tobacco taxes, regardless of how much we smoke!

 

[LogikAndReazon]

In violation of the equal protection clause of the Constitution, the government is unfairly treating the heaviest cigarette smokers by forcing them to take a disproportionately large burden of the tobacco tax.

Example

Joe smokes 1 pack a day. Joe pays $369 a year in tobacco taxes

Sam smokes 1 cigarette a day. Sam will pay only $18 a year in tobacco taxes!

While Judy - who smokes zero cigarettes a year - gets off TOBACCO TAX FREE!


This is certainly not the "equal protection" our Founders had in mind! We should all be paying the SAME in tobacco taxes, regardless of how much we smoke!

But Judy has to pay obamacare tax to pay for imbecile joes poor habits.......F--k joe

 

[Charles_Main]

In violation of the equal protection clause of the Constitution, the government is unfairly treating the heaviest cigarette smokers by forcing them to take a disproportionately large burden of the tobacco tax.

Example

Joe smokes 1 pack a day. Joe pays $369 a year in tobacco taxes

Sam smokes 1 cigarette a day. Sam will pay only $18 a year in tobacco taxes!

While Judy - who smokes zero cigarettes a year - gets off TOBACCO TAX FREE!


This is certainly not the "equal protection" our Founders had in mind! We should all be paying the SAME in tobacco taxes, regardless of how much we smoke!

Yet another waste of time Thread eh bud. What is stupid about the Tobacco tax is not who pays it. It's the very idea of trying to effect behavior with tax Policy. In fact not only is it stupid, one could argue it violates the Constitution. which is pretty clear that taxes are to be raised for the sole purpose of raising revenues, which would imply levying a tax to effect behavior is in violation of that.

But all that said, the stupidest thing is the fact that the Tobacco tax gets the government hooked on a revenue source that they supposedly want to see dry up, considering they claim they do it to make people stop smoking.

 

[g5000]

In violation of the equal protection clause of the Constitution, the government is unfairly treating the heaviest cigarette smokers by forcing them to take a disproportionately large burden of the tobacco tax.

Example

Joe smokes 1 pack a day. Joe pays $369 a year in tobacco taxes

Sam smokes 1 cigarette a day. Sam will pay only $18 a year in tobacco taxes!

While Judy - who smokes zero cigarettes a year - gets off TOBACCO TAX FREE!


This is certainly not the "equal protection" our Founders had in mind! We should all be paying the SAME in tobacco taxes, regardless of how much we smoke!

A cigarette tax is a tax on consumption, the ideal tax.

An income tax is a tax on production, the worst kind of tax.

Apples and oranges.

Back to the drawing board for you.

.

 

[g5000]

Too bad we can't tax Stupidity.


Oh, wait.

.

 

[Avorysuds]

Is the OP trying to make liberals look stupid? Is he saying that people who pay no taxes shouldn't use anything that tax money is spent on? Cause that would really fuck about half the country.

 

[Avorysuds]

In violation of the equal protection clause of the Constitution, the government is unfairly treating the heaviest cigarette smokers by forcing them to take a disproportionately large burden of the tobacco tax.

Example

Joe smokes 1 pack a day. Joe pays $369 a year in tobacco taxes

Sam smokes 1 cigarette a day. Sam will pay only $18 a year in tobacco taxes!

While Judy - who smokes zero cigarettes a year - gets off TOBACCO TAX FREE!


This is certainly not the "equal protection" our Founders had in mind! We should all be paying the SAME in tobacco taxes, regardless of how much we smoke!

A cigarette tax is a tax on consumption, the ideal tax.

An income tax is a tax on production, the worst kind of tax.

Apples and oranges.

Back to the drawing board for you.

.

He is far to "liberal and fuckin proud of it!" to understand that he is wrong.

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

In violation of the equal protection clause of the Constitution, the government is unfairly treating the heaviest cigarette smokers by forcing them to take a disproportionately large burden of the tobacco tax.

Example

Joe smokes 1 pack a day. Joe pays $369 a year in tobacco taxes

Sam smokes 1 cigarette a day. Sam will pay only $18 a year in tobacco taxes!

While Judy - who smokes zero cigarettes a year - gets off TOBACCO TAX FREE!


This is certainly not the "equal protection" our Founders had in mind! We should all be paying the SAME in tobacco taxes, regardless of how much we smoke!

But Judy has to pay obamacare tax to pay for imbecile joes poor habits.......F--k joe

If Judy takes personal responsibility and buys herself health insurance she'll have to pay no ObamaCare tax.