http://www.taxgirl.com/hospital-tax-or-cigarette-tax/ Paying taxes is painful... but reading about them shouldn't be. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:33:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.taxgirl.com/hospital-tax-or-cigarette-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-4532 Diane Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:59:21 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/hospital-tax-or-cigarette-tax/#comment-4532 First of all, not all smokers are going to quit anytime soon. We need to focus more on the issue at hand and how few people qualify for this Medicade requirement. There has to be an alternative to help them but a hospital tax may not raise enough funds fast enough ! First of all, not all smokers are going to quit anytime soon. We need to focus more on the issue at hand and how few people qualify for this Medicade requirement. There has to be an alternative to help them but a hospital tax may not raise enough funds fast enough !

]]> http://www.taxgirl.com/hospital-tax-or-cigarette-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-4533 Colin Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:11:52 +0000 http://www.taxgirl.com/hospital-tax-or-cigarette-tax/#comment-4533 I'd prefer no taxes. But one thing always strikes me as funky about tobacco tax: Aren't we all encouraging people to quit smoking? And doesn't raising taxes on tobacco do just that? So if everyone quits smoking... where will the money come from? I’d prefer no taxes. But one thing always strikes me as funky about tobacco tax: Aren’t we all encouraging people to quit smoking? And doesn’t raising taxes on tobacco do just that? So if everyone quits smoking… where will the money come from?

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