Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Buy your smokes before midnight

The 62 cent Federal tobacco tax takes effect at midnight. Barack Obama promised not to raise taxes on anyone who wasn't wealthy(less than $250 thousand a year.) Luckily for Obama, all smokers make more than $250 thousand a year.

Federal tobacco tax increase effective April 1st

Federal tobacco tax increase effective April 1st Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:02:00 EST

Update: Some misinformed individuals think Obama only promised not to raise income taxes on those making less than $250,000 a year. That is incorrect. He promised not to raise any taxes on those making less than $250,000. Watch the video and see for yourself. Obama wins the "pants on fire" award for raising cigarette taxes.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Obama promised to not raise income taxes. Smoking is a luxury tax. Please understand tax codes and terms before posting inaccurate half truths.

Bluegrass Pundit said...

Anonymous said...
"Obama promised to not raise income taxes. Smoking is a luxury tax. Please understand tax codes and terms before posting inaccurate half truths."


Here is what Obama actually said,
“I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax
, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes” (Barack Obama, September 12, 2008, Dover, NH).

christiansoldier said...

Anonymous said...

Obama promised to not raise income taxes. Smoking is a luxury tax. Please understand tax codes and terms before posting inaccurate half truths.

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Spoken like a true Obamite. I'd say Obama personified half-truths were it not for the fact that he is a TOTAL liar.

Oh, and Anonymous posters have no integrity.

My 2 cents.