Smokers have experienced it for years, but it seems the time has come for it to expand out to the rest of us. As the senate finance committee seeks ways to soak taxpayers to support the planned 1.5 trillion dollar health care overhaul, they are now looking at taxes on beer, soda- and yes- even more on smokers.
Here in Wisconsin a pack of cigarettes is now $5. Another proposed cigarette tax increase is in talk. And now the feds might be jumping on the bandwagon as well. This is how the statist works. You see, smoking is bad for you. Therefore, they see it as the state’s duty to stop you from smoking. Or at least hinder it. They’d ban it if they could. So instead they tax.
Good thing Barack Obama is cutting the taxcuts for that “middle class”. But could someone remind me which class a tax raise on beer and smokes would hit hardest? Because I forget. What’s happening here is simple: Government is finding more ways to control the way you live; telling you you shouldn’t drink or smoke. They’re even considering restricting the amount of sodium allowed in food. If that happens, expect everything to taste awful.
But listen carefully. Do you hear it? Liberty is slipping away.
