Regarding EE, all the time in CO they try to pass taxes on cigarettes and every year Phillip Morris/Altria spends money to fight it. This year Altria hasnt spend 1 PENNY to fight this. Why you ask? Because they are the biggest tobacco company and they are getting a sweet deal out of this law if it passes. The proposal of this bill and sponsors sent this bill through so fast that it was not transparent and there were back room deals. Deals that benefit big tobacco and crush competition. This bill sets price floors and is pure corporate cronyism and corruption. At the expense of poorer people too...
Lets talk about vaping, I think its stupid and I don't want kids to get into vaping. However I know plenty of millennial adult friends who transistioned away from cigarettes to vape and have used that transition to eventually quit. I know that's anecdotal but people who're addicted can't stop cold turkey and vape is maybe probably slightly healthier. Why should we tax people for these sin taxes anyway? Because we think it will make it harder to afford and decrease its use.
People will smoke regardless of the tax, and all this will do is burden poorer people, who are more likely tobacco users, and they need their money to not be wasted on taxes. There are other cigarettes companies than Altria who sell cheaper products, but a price floor will wipe those companies out. And also if we make cigarettes so expensive, whats stopping people from selling loose single cigarettes to people on the street? It creats SO MANY Problems. Selling untaxed loose cigarettes will happen if packs of cigarettes become too expensive.
This tax will equate to at the end of 7 years a 62% tax on tobacco products. The legislature also says the funds from this will go to a bunch of specific projects, preschool and public housing. Do people really believe the money will go to where they say it is going? I personally don't think so.
Vote NO on EE. Its a terrible law.
Pretty ironic that its a bus full of kids.
The FEC is in the swamp
Did anyone else notice that she looked at the camera and snidely explained to the american people the definitions of bounties and debts. Only a cunty liberal elite can be that tone deaf
And Austrian Economists wet dream!
Eat a dick Keynesians!
Wrong think can threaten your social and economic security. People need to see this for what it is
Not as many as we are hoping I fear. I think actually he could be trying to keep fence sitters from showing up which would hurt biden more than it hurts him. If fence sitters are low info voters they might check biden just because. Last night might have been just to make it so exhausting that independents stay home and its just duking it out between bases.
Hmm i work for a big company and coincidentally doing diversity training today. Listening to a bunch of bullshit speakers. How can I find out if this would threaten funding from the government?
Rules should apply consistently? What about political competition!? The democrats have already said if they get the senate they will not follow the 60 vote filibuster rule.
So you know, we need to play hardball too.
On tripcheck.com as of today shows highway 20 is clear from Newport to Bend so im hoping it stays that way.
Thanks lad 👌
It is easier to fool people than it is to convince them that they have been fooled.
~Mark Twain
Also silence is violence but when there's violence there's silence
What a sociopathic liar
Weak people make hard times.
This timeline!
Single file line people!!!! So inefficient smh
So what if you work at a good place of work, good benefits, advancing in your career, have 10k+ restricted stock units that wont vest for another two year, and there arent many other jobs in the area in the same industry.
Get fired, have to uproot your life, face ridicule from your coworkers, parents, and girlfriend/wife and have them unnecessarily hating you and probably lose the life youve spent years to develop. Go uproot your life over a mask, its called FrEeDoM
I would love to know what Jared Polis says on those conference calls between Trump and the governors.
Equality of outcome, we all get to be buried 6 feet deep
When the country reopens, it is going to take active participation to encourage people to go back out and do things. Fear is a given, but bravery will be the most important virtue as we all begin living again.
Yea Rig does have some unhealthy debt levels that will be a problem long term. My bet depends on that oil recovery.
I haven't looked into preferred shares sounds like a neat investment strategy. I wish you luck on your bet too!
I'm all in on RIG the offshore drilling company. It was hit pretty hard too and now im in at about $1.25. I hope shale will recover but I hope my offshore does good too.
China is the biggest outside threat to America.
Publisher not a platform.