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Old 08-06-2009, 01:05 AM   #16
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I think where we may see it differently is you (correct me if I am wrong) see it as though there HAS to be a tax so we may as well spread it around. I am saying NO to any of the "pleasure" or "sin" taxes.

I don't want to take away from the letter. It was great. I just disagree with all these pleasure taxes, luxury taxes, death taxes, etc. Government needs to live within its means just as we do...
I think you feel we are not agreeing with each other, when in turn we are. Perhaps you misunderstood my dictating to him to tax something else. I posed it as a question in the letter to ask the simple word. "Why?"

I do not feel there needs to be the tax. Any sin tax, on any luxury item. I am asking why Cigars are lumped into this negative world, while other items are left untouched. Why is it us that are ganged up on?

So we in essence agree. I do not see it as there HAS to be a tax. I just want to know why it got shoved on us.
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Old 08-06-2009, 02:27 AM   #17
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I think you feel we are not agreeing with each other, when in turn we are. Perhaps you misunderstood my dictating to him to tax something else. I posed it as a question in the letter to ask the simple word. "Why?"

I do not feel there needs to be the tax. Any sin tax, on any luxury item. I am asking why Cigars are lumped into this negative world, while other items are left untouched. Why is it us that are ganged up on?

So we in essence agree. I do not see it as there HAS to be a tax. I just want to know why it got shoved on us.
Ok, sorry, lol. I guess I read through your post a little too fast since I was at work at the time. Caught the part about taxing soda and stuff and went from there. Then we agree. I should have reread it because it seemed a little odd for a fellow cigar smoker to have the views I THOUGHT you had. For the most part I found that we cigar smokers have a lot of similar views when it comes to issues like this. My fault.
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Very nice letter.
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I like that letter, and I agree almost 100%. I don't want a tax on fast food or soda, since I sometimes have both. The government needs to stop all this BS taxes. I still think the U.S. should move to a flat tax system and make it more fair for everyone.
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I am waiting for the backlash. Someday they are going to pass the threshold of too much taxes and there will be enough anger for a revolt. It is coming close here is CA.
I thought California would have gotten there a long time ago, but it seems only now are they beginning to wake up.
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Old 08-07-2009, 03:59 AM   #21
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I wonder if they talk about cigars on political forums.....


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You didn't think his post was relevant?
Do you support SCHIP?
Did you write your congress critter?
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Old 08-08-2009, 01:42 PM   #22
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I have sent similar letters to my Senators and Rep. Two, John Ensign and Dean Heller, sent me really thoughtful and specific responses to my concerns.
Funny, when I wrote to Ensign's office I got back a form letter that had nothing to do with the issue I wrote to him about (SCHIP and cigars). I'm in Shelley Berkley's House district and her office was more attentive. I never heard back from Senator Reid.
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Funny, when I wrote to Ensign's office I got back a form letter that had nothing to do with the issue I wrote to him about (SCHIP and cigars). I'm in Shelley Berkley's House district and her office was more attentive. I never heard back from Senator Reid.
Our Taxachewshits socialist senators are famous for that. I have received those unrelated form-letter responses from both of our senatorial boobs in the past. But I will still vote for Fat Teddy...
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