30 billion dollars a year in cigarette tobacco tax....

[Celtic Fog]

No wonder the Feds and the IRS hate us Vapor Chasers so much......The ultimate goal of the FDA and the IRS, is to keep us smoking analogs, or to earn the right to put Excise taxes on our juices.

 

[M5amhan]

30 billion? man that takes a whole week out of their non existent budget. they just want control

 

[Celtic Fog]

wish i had a budget like theirs....lol

 

[egomama]

The irony is the tobacco tax was supposed to be used to help with the medical of anyone who succumbed to the effects of smoking.

 

[jack]

I did read somewhere ,last year was the first time money brought in by tobacco tax went down ( U.K. or here ) . It's always been about money , health has nothing to do with it , it's the politicians source of cash flow. In this country the money that went to the states was to be used to help people stop smoking instead it went into most states general fund so it went into schools , road paving etc.

 

[Artisan Vaping]

The best way to make a politician hate you us to put their budget plans in jeopardy.

 

[M5amhan]

it was their source until they realized how much they can borrow and print. we borrow (not spend) 4.5 billion a day, 30 billion a year is a drop in the bucket to these clowns. its not about money in our industry its about needing to control us, they are power hungry. the money hunger is being cured by central banks around the world and any other country willing to loan us debt

 

[Sully]

So it stands to reason that the FDA / IRS actually prefer that children smoke and get addicted at a young age. They know that kids who would have took up smoking are preferring vapor now, and it's not a gateway (if it was they would allow it). I wish more people could see that the FDA/IRS pretend to be fighting to protect us and our children, but their true intention is harm. Sad, sad story....

 

[Chowder]

The irony is the tobacco tax was supposed to be used to help with the medical of anyone who succumbed to the effects of smoking.

Just like social security was supposed to pay for the retried! Yeah, right mister congressperson, I trust you with my money and know you'll do exactly what you said you would with it!

 

[egomama]

So it stands to reason that the FDA / IRS actually prefer that children smoke and get addicted at a young age. They know that kids who would have took up smoking are preferring vapor now, and it's not a gateway (if it was they would allow it). I wish more people could see that the FDA/IRS pretend to be fighting to protect us and our children, but their true intention is harm. Sad, sad story....

Oh they would be all for allowing it if we stopped fighting them putting a tax on it.

 

[jack]

If IDIOTS were a reliable source of alternative energy we could go to the FDA or the IRS and have a never ending supply of power for this country .

 

[Saddletramp1200]

The irony is the tobacco tax was supposed to be used to help with the medical of anyone who succumbed to the effects of smoking.

The Texas Lotto is to fund SCHOOLS. Why do all the schools beg us for supplies every damned year?

 

[Chowder]

The irony is the tobacco tax was supposed to be used to help with the medical of anyone who succumbed to the effects of smoking.

That would be to fund big Pharma. It's a racket shuffle game. Big tobacco rakes in the taxes while at the same time making the same people paying sick and placing money in the politician's back pocket to let them to continue to do so. Then the big payout goes into the hands of Big Pharma which in turn does little to help the sick be cured, but leaches the money as long as they can keep the sick alive. There's no real incentive for them to cure anything. That's when the money stops. They again, in turn, lobby the politician's to continue to practice the way they are. Everybody is getting paid NOT to fix the problem. If they fix it, they don't get paid, then there is a BIG PROBLEM.

 

[Saddletramp1200]

Doctors have no intention of curing you! They "treat" you. There is a concept I have never been able to wrap my head around. They "practice medicine". WTF is up with that. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[Chowder]

............WTF is up with that. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Ding, Ding, Ding! Correct answer! Folks we have another winner!

 

[Saddletramp1200]

I used to "practice" shining my weenie, but I think I have it figured it out.

 

[Warhawk-AVG]

Yup..follow the money

It will NEVER change until the money is removed...and the way they have the system setup...ain't gonna happen, at least not at the ballot box

Because if voting actually made a difference...they would ban it

 

[Warhawk-AVG]

Doctors have no intention of curing you! They "treat" you. There is a concept I have never been able to wrap my head around. They "practice medicine". WTF is up with that. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Ever wonder why it's called "practicing" medicine?

The treatment of an ailment makes MUCH more money that curing the problem...throw tons of pharmaceuticals at it and mask it till it goes away on it's own, or pharmaceutical em up...and have to give em more pharmaceuticals to fix the problems the first one created.

 

[Saddletramp1200]

I just sent my protest to the ASSHOLES @ the FDA. Last Day to be heard! NO Means NO! It's easy to do, Vapor Joes has the way to do it. DO IT!!!!

 

[Chowder]

I used to "practice" shining my weenie, but I think I have it figured it out.

Practice makes perfect!

 

[ej1024]

FUCK THIS GOVERNMENT
FUCK THE POLITICIANS
FUCK DEMOCRACY
FUCK CAPITALISM/SOCIALISM!
FUCK THE WHOLE FUCKING SYSTEM..
OPPS I THINK I POSTED IN A WRONG THREAD.
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LUMIA 1520

 

[jack]

It's all about cash . Like a cure for cancer no one will ever see, because billions of dollars are made on treating the symptoms of cancer . That is where the money is spent , 1/10 is spent on finding a cure . There is a lot more return on investment ,in selling pills that treat all the uncomfortable side effects of it .