He should have went for more. On Oct 14, 10:20 pm, RW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > Seehttp://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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