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Unintended consequence or deliberate attack on the poor and elderly? (search mode)

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IS the Michigan cigarette tax a deliberate attack on the poor and elderly?

#1 Deliberate attack		2 (11.8%)
#2 No the Michigan government just screwed up.		4 (23.5%)
#3 other -explain		11 (64.7%)

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Total Voters: 17

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Topic: Unintended consequence or deliberate attack on the poor and elderly? (Read 3373 times)

NewFederalist
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Re: Unintended consequence or deliberate attack on the poor and elderly?

« on: June 07, 2006, 08:43:41 AM »

And don't forget the tobacco subsidies to encourage production in the first place. What a system!

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NewFederalist
Sr. Member

Posts: 2,143

Political Matrix
E: 3.87, S: -2.26

Re: Unintended consequence or deliberate attack on the poor and elderly?

« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2006, 10:25:30 AM »

Quote from: WalterMitty on June 07, 2006, 09:33:33 AM

Quote from: NewFederalist on June 07, 2006, 08:43:41 AM

And don't forget the tobacco subsidies to encourage production in the first place. What a system!

i thought the subsidies ended a few years ago when they had the buyout program?

As of 2004 (the last year I could find subsidy data) it does not appear so.

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NewFederalist
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Posts: 2,143

Political Matrix
E: 3.87, S: -2.26

Re: Unintended consequence or deliberate attack on the poor and elderly?

« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2006, 01:02:04 PM »

Quote from: David S on June 08, 2006, 12:12:49 PM

BTW lest you guys think that old David S has slipped a cog and is in the advanced stages of geezer dementia by suggesting that government might want to tax fast food...

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We WERE worried there for a minute!

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