John McCain today tries to portray himself as someone opposed to taxes of all kinds, but 10 years ago he led an effort in the Senate to slap a $1.10 a pack federal tax on cigarettes. 21% of Americans are still regular smokers, and McCain himself had been a smoker for over 25 years before quitting in 1980. I live in a state where they recently added a big tax on cigarettes. It's now about $4.40 a pack. I don't smoke and don't believe in it, but I know a poor woman who is hooked on them. I think this shows something about McCain's ideas about taxation. McCain is now saying the Bush administration's three big tax cuts primarily for the rich, which were supposed to be short term tax cuts to stimulate the economy which obviously they didn't, should not be allowed to expire as they were designed. See http://johnmccainisaliar.com/2008/07/28/64/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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