Sin taxes are the real sin being perpetrated.

Obama KNEW how he was going to pay for his record spending long before he ever proposed it, got it passed and signed it into law.

Pathetic.

But then what actions has he undertaken aren't?

Stephanie wrote:It's really disturbing to hear that some think liberty should be available only to people of affluence.

Liberty to do what? To purchase whatever they want to purchase? That is a fact of economic life- that more affluence results in more purchasing power.

"Sin taxes" apply to the more affluent as well as to the less affluent.

These "sin" taxes are instituted specifically for the disparity of economic impact they will have.

This isn't about buying power. This is about the freedom of citizens to live their lives as they choose. What right does the government have to make gamblers pay more in taxes than crossword puzzle fans?

The government doesn't have the right to enforce morality on people. Smoking and drinking and gambling aren't pc so let's wring the people who smoke or drink or gamble dry, right?

What the government is doing will ultimately lead to more and more black market tobacco and liquor products.

"Sin taxes" apply to the more affluent as well as to the less affluent.

Since they are regressive they are particularly cruel to those who can ill afford them. I thought all you progressive types were all for progressive taxes and soaking the rich. No?

Stephanie wrote:

This isn't about buying power. This is about the freedom of citizens to live their lives as they choose. What right does the government have to make gamblers pay more in taxes than crossword puzzle fans?

Freedom. We aren't free. Most have sold their soul to the government for a few bobbles and the promise of some sort of protection.

All sin taxes amount to is a revenue source for the parasites in Charleston and Washington.

"Sin taxes" apply to the more affluent as well as to the less affluent.

Since they are regressive they are particularly cruel to those who can ill afford them. I thought all you progressive types were all for progressive taxes and soaking the rich. No?

How are they "regressive"? Again, if you don't want to pay the tax, then don't buy the damn stuff.

I buy a bottle of liquor now and then- bought two of 'em tonight. And but for the tax I'd probably buy and consume a lot more of it a lot more often. But Ms. Ziggy and I do not need liquor to survive. And so, like the occassional Powerball ticket, it is a luxury we avail ourselves of only occasionally.

Does anyone think that the Ziggies of the world really give a damn about such things as this?

$21,455,175 – WV beer & liquor profits
verses
$99,579,279 – WV cigarettes profits

Cigarette tax profits are 5 times as much,

yet beer & liquor is probably responsible for
5 times more health and property expenses
than is cigarettes.

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Then don't buy the beer and liquor. Or don't buy the cigarettes. Or buy both and drink and smoke to you heart's content. It's your choice.

You've danced all around this issue without ever addressing any of our concerns. I hope Mrs. Ziggy enjoyed the liquor and the birthday dance and didn't have any questions she wanted to discuss. My compliments and best wishes to her...

Yes, please extend my regards to Mrs. Ziggy too.

When you're ready to discuss the issues we raised let me know.

ziggy wrote: Then don't buy the beer and liquor. Or don't buy the cigarettes. Or buy both and drink and smoke to you heart's content. It's your choice.

Here is hopeing they will put a $100/month surcharge on just your electricity Bill so that we can hear you bitch, cry and moan ....... and then we can tell you to "just don't buy it", ...... because you can do without it by buying candles or kerosene to light your way to the outhouse.

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As the little man said, bring it on.

All of life is about priorities.

A country boy can survive.

Aren't you the least bit upset that we now have a government who doesn't want us to prosper?

I don't want to survive. I want to live.