| # | First Name | Last Name | State | Comments |
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| 51 | Dennis | Troxell | CA | I am weary of our governments attempt to burden its own over spending on the backs of smokers. This is criminal. |
| 52 | Laurie | Shaw | NY | |
| 53 | Josephine | Kukla | NJ | |
| 54 | Heather | Deutsch | NY | There is something terribly wrong when smokers would have more freedom in Russia than in the U.S. This is your chance to prove that Republicans mean it when they talk about getting gov't OUT of our lives and trusting people to make their OWN choices, instead of choosing for us by using taxes to socially engineer us into submission. The tax being proposed tells us that your belief in capitalism, FREEDOM of choice, and EQUAL treatment under the law, only applies to what you want for people in other countries - but not for citizens of the U.S. if we smoke. Apparently, U.S. citizens who smoke no longer have these rights. Maybe it's time for us to ask President Putin for political asylum. We would get freedom and Russia would get talented entrepreneurs. Due to your arrogance and bullying, it will be America's turn to experience a 'brain drain'. In the meantime, you should think carefully about what you are planning to do to millions of U.S. citizens. We vote. |
| 55 | veronica | kane | NY | Stop this abuse of government.Taxing tobacco users to an obcence extent & also taking away there rights at the same time.You can |
| 56 | quincey | mitchell | GA | |
| 57 | Barbara | Gottstein | MN | The newest tax on cigarettes is not right and prejidical to smokers especialy to the ones on fixed incomes. It'd be in yr best interest to stop this riducoulous tax increase. I guarantee you"d get more votes. |
| 58 | Kathleen | Bankert | NY | Enough is enough!! |
| 59 | Rachelle | Bice | WY | |
| 60 | patricia | jackson | NY | |
| 61 | Robert | Troutman | MI | No More Taxs On my BAD habbit! |
| 62 | Chris | goodpaster | MI | No More Taxs On my BAD habbit! |
| 63 | scott | marvin | NY | these antismoking laws are nothing more then a money grabing ploy any study that counters the established false studies are covered up before anyone can look at them and make up there own minds more and more people are starting to find this out we need another boston tea party |
| 64 | joseph | cunningham | NJ | |
| 65 | virginia | fry | OH | it is bull! |
| 66 | Linda | Lynch | OH | Enough is enough of these taxes. Why not put a tax on porn or legalize pot? Leave my cigarettes alone!!! They are already $41 a damned carton! |
| 67 | Christine | Marcum | AR | We are taxed to death in the US so why keep raising taxes on everything?? |
| 68 | Melissa | White | NY | |
| 69 | Roy | Lewellen | TX | We will be watching closely how you vote on this issue. Enough is enough! I refuse to take this abuse anymore. |
| 70 | eileen | wofford | OK | we are taxed enough pick soda pop and tax that along with drinks |
| 71 | Clarissa | Jones | AR | |
| 72 | Anonymous | Anonymous | NY | Excessive Taxation is in violation of the Contitution. |
| 73 | maureen | matthews | NY | |
| 74 | Gregory | Ingenito | NY | |
| 75 | LEONARD | YEANEY | MD | |
| 76 | Kimberly | Simmons | TX | The tax on cigarettes effective Jan.1,2007 is unconstitutional, you may be elected officials but you have no right to pass such a tax without the peoples vote! Remember the Boston Tea Party? |
| 77 | Michael | Tepedino | NY | |
| 78 | Brian | Scott | TX | |
| 79 | Anonymous | Anonymous | TX | |
| 80 | donald | carter | OH | it sure would help ! tax something everyone uses ! |
| 81 | teresa | carter | OH | tax-tax-tax ! what else can they tax. |
| 82 | Lenny | Stebbins | NY | |
| 83 | pamela | austad | WI | I,am a smoker who has had with being treated like a dog.Even dogs are treated better then us smokers. |
| 84 | michelle | nixon | AZ | i am so tired of being made to feel that i am a bad or horrible person because i choose to smoke. you have never heard of a smoker plowing through a group of people because they were lighting a cigarette. forcing someone to quit to adhere to nonsmokers sense of my air should be smoke free is no better than Gestapo tactics. i thought this was the land of the free i guess that smokers aren't covered by the constitution's persuit of life liberty and happiness but only if you don't smoke! |
| 85 | Julene | Allen | IL | I am against these higher taxes on tobacco products. This is another tactic for those who are against smoking or smokers. |
| 86 | John | Fox | MA | |
| 87 | Brandon | Britt | NC | |
| 88 | Scott | Heffelfinger | OH | Couldn't we just build another sports stadium? |
| 89 | Anonymous | Anonymous | IA | Iowa just increased the cigarette tax $1.00 a pack. We do not need another increase |
| 90 | Scott | Wilson | AZ | |
| 91 | Maynord | Loyd | CO | The heck with being anonymous, I want my Colorado State senators to see my name. NO MORE TAXES ON CIGARETTES, you just raised the state taxes at least 60 cents for health care in 2006 |
| 92 | Michael G. | Carpenter | FL | I am opposed to a tax increase on tobbaco! |
| 93 | Daena | Carpenter | FL | Please no more! |
| 94 | Debbie | Caruso | FL | I REJECT the newest proposal for another $2.00 tax on cigarettes and further to reject any other proposal that advances this rank discrimination. |
| 95 | robert | caruso | FL | |
| 96 | Anonymous | Anonymous | IN | |
| 97 | Anonymous | Anonymous | VA | It is about time that the goverment stops treating smokers as third rated citzens.There are more deaths from Alcohol/Whiskey then from smoking.
It is each persons right what they want to put into there body and it is about time that the government and the non-smokers realize that.
When a person at work has to walk off of the companies property on a break during work just to enjoy a cigarette is totaly outrageous.
Also, it is the people that has stopped smoking that is totaly behine this cause.We the people who do smoke are paying more taxes then the non-smokers but the goverment just wants more and more taxes to increase the pay mainly. |
| 98 | kristi | walker | LA | they shouldnt increase tax on cigarettes |
| 99 | Anonymous | Anonymous | LA | I think this is BULLSHIT!! We pay taxs on every thing we buy an some guy who dont smoke wonts to make the taxs go up to put more money in his/hers pockets. Well if taxs do go up theres always the Black Market!!! |
| 100 | David | Mizelle | NC | we need a tobacco tax decrease taxes are already killing american farmers i thought the usa look after its own first it seems that has change |
