The politicians in Washington, D.C. are pushing for a $0.61 per pack tax
increase on cigarettes to fund their massive federal spending spree.
Instead of
raising our taxes politicians should learn to live within their means
and curb
their out of control spending habits.


TAKE ACTION against this new tax hike scheme! A tax increase is not
something that true conservatives should support. Please contact these
key
Senate Finance Committee members and let them know that American
taxpayers expect fiscal discipline and responsibility, not tax
increases:

KENT CONRAD, ND
JEFF BINGAMAN, NM
BLANCHE L. LINCOLN, AR
MARIA CANTWELL, WA
KEN SALAZAR, CO
CHARLES GRASSLEY, IA
ORRIN G. HATCH, UT
TRENT LOTT, MS
OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, ME
JON KYL, AZ
GORDON SMITH, OR
JIM BUNNING, KY
MIKE CRAPO, ID
PAT ROBERTS, KS 202-224-2043
202-224-5521
202-224-4843
202-224-3441
202-224-5852
202-224-3744
202-224-5251
202-224-6253
202-224-5344
202-224-4521
202-224-3753
202-224-4343
202-224-6142
202-224-4774


Relying on cigarette taxes to fund expanding government programs is bad
public policy because these taxes have proven to be regressive and an
unstable source of revenue.


Additionally, the impact of this tax hike would not be limited to
smokers since
convenient stores, gas stations and other small businesses would bear
the
costs of financing bigger and bigger government.


Just like average families live on a fixed budget, so should the
politicians in
Washington, D.C. Please TAKE ACTION NOW to tell lawmakers NO NEW
TAXES!


Sincerely,

**** Armey
Chairman
FreedomWorks



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sin taxes? love em. if you smoke... sorryaboutit.

sin taxes? love em. if you smoke... sorryaboutit.

i dont smoke so oh well...

yep and what about that 2 cent per cartridge on ammo

that is a dollar a box for a standard box of 50 9mm

bullets


hhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmm

or the additional 10 cents a gallon on gas

hhhhmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

but hey lets not worry about the tax tax tax

ideeas of those that vote themselves a raise every year to cover all
those taxes they pass


but hey what do i know

That's nothing!! Come to Canada. A pack of smokes is on average 11 bucks
here.

And the gasoline!

We also pay a lot more in taxes in general here.
We do have some benefits like health care though. Otherwise it is more
expensive to live here overall.

yep. i wonder why things have gone to hell in the last 6 years?????