We have a 3% "hamburger" tax here in Arkansas. On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 9:11 AM, J.C. <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hey, Rigs...what do you think about them putting a sin tax on fast > food? Double the prices of whoppers and big macs... > > On Apr 8, 3:43 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's up over $50 a carton. In AK it's $10. a pack. So what? This is a > > sin tax against a very rich industry while the real health problem in > > America is obesity. > > > > On Apr 8, 3:39 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > If I still smoked I would too. I read that someone talked about the > > > cost going up to $43 a carton. Cigarettes here in NYC are currently > > > running about $8.50/pack for the cheap ones. When you add this new tax > > > on top of that you are close to if not over $100/carton. That would put > > > a huge crimp in the budget of chain-smokers. > > > > > Fritz da Cat wrote: > > > > Cost of cigs has doubled. I will be quitting next week.- Hide quoted > text - > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
