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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
Well, in that case you must already be outraged by cigarette taxes in Canada.
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Like I said....I don't like any tax.
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I got the impression that you were really concerned about the "broken promise" from the fact that you quoted Obama's campaign speeches about taxes. Now you seem to be accepting that this really is a different sort of tax than Obama meant in those statements, but saying that you disagree with cigarette taxes in principle. But cigarettes have been taxed for decades--it's merely a question of degree. Obama didn't invent the idea of levying a tax on cigarettes--or indeed the idea of the "sin tax," which is what you're critiquing. He merely raised it to pay for health care services for children.
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I still think he went against what he said in his campaign. Then again, that is nothing new.
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He might as well have signed an order decreeing that "apple pie and America are good" for the harm that it will do to his legacy.
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Really don't know what this should mean.
