Be Concerned... Big Brother is alive and Well

Quoted from an article by Steven Reinberg, a HealthDay Reporter; "According to the American Lung Association's State of Tobacco Control 2008, the federal government as well as most states failed to enact critical policy measures, such as higher taxes on cigarettes and to adequately regulate tobacco products."

Why should you be concerned? The American Lung Association automatically gave states a failing grade of "F" if their cigarette tax was too low.

This is how leftist organizations think. Punish people with high taxes to the point that they can no longer afford to use the product or service being excessively taxed.

You hear it already in the new Obama administration. Congress is concerned that federal gas taxes have declined along with the use of petroleum products. So, their answer is, double the federal tax on gasoline to make up the difference!

Democrats got what they wanted; less use of petroleum products! So how will they reward you and I? Raise taxes!

Liberals use tax as a tool to punish those that do not conform to their social agenda. The rich must be taxed because they aren't sitting at home waiting for federal assistance. Big Business must be taxed because big business hates the working class and unions! Smokers must be taxed because they are doing something liberals believe they shouldn't.

Who or what is next? Cows, because they fart climate killing gases and are meat! Carbon, again because it is harmful to the planet (even though we and earth are carbon based). The list will be seemingly endless once Obama is anointed President. He will more than likely have a think tank to come up with additional taxes or the more friendly user fees.

Excessive Taxation and Socialism leads to declining job growth, productivity, and new technology. A lesson liberals refuse to grasp.

You think the economy is bad now! Just give the Libs a couple more Trillion Dollar pots of money and see just how fast our economy tanks! It will be FDR and Carter all over again!

Don't you wish you had a money machine just like the federal governments! Just push a button and out pops a Trillon Dollars. the proverbial Money Tree does exist!