LostInSpace Posted August 3, 2006 Report Posted August 3, 2006 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Likely voters in California are overwhelmingly supporting measures on a November ballot that would raise taxes on cigarettes and oil producers, the Field Poll reported on Wednesday. Sixty-three percent would vote for Proposition 86, which seeks to impose an additional $2.60 tax on a pack of cigarettes to fund health programs, while 32 percent would not and 5 percent are undecided, according to the Field Poll's report.
Kalshion Posted August 3, 2006 Report Posted August 3, 2006 ........ I sometimes wonder if the voters in California even bother to READ what they are voting on... (no offense to anyone here who lives in California)
Darkling Posted August 3, 2006 Report Posted August 3, 2006 Hmmm, by raising taxes on Oil Producers, do they REALLY think they're going to get lower gas prices out of this?!?
Guest Posted August 4, 2006 Report Posted August 4, 2006 And by raising cigarette taxes, do they think that they are going to have the money for healthcare, AFTER they pay for the enforcement. The black market in cigarettes is going to ferocious..
LostInSpace Posted August 4, 2006 Author Report Posted August 4, 2006 quote:Originally posted by Jaguar: And by raising cigarette taxes, do they think that they are going to have the money for healthcare, AFTER they pay for the enforcement. The black market in cigarettes is going to ferocious.. That's if it even makes it anywhere near a healthcare fund. More like it'll be siphoned off for something else. NY has done it in one instance to pay for an upscale golf course upstate.
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