This I would not have guessed.
Pennsylvania voters support Gov. Rendell’s plan to increase the state sales and cigarette taxes, according to an independent poll released yesterday.Statewide, 54 percent of voters favored the proposal to increase the sales tax from 6 percent to 7 percent, while 40 percent opposed it, the survey showed. Part of the increase would be used to expand scheduled reductions in local property taxes.
The proposal to increase the cigarette tax by a dime a pack to $1.45 was favored 71 percent to 24 percent, according to the poll by Connecticut-based Quinnipiac University. The respondents were not asked how they felt about the governor’s companion proposal to impose new taxes on other forms of tobacco.
Voters were less enthused about Rendell’s overall handling of taxes. Forty-five percent disapproved and 41 percent approved, while the remaining 14 percent expressed no opinion.
cigarette tax
maybe if we tax ties and dress cloths we can ease the burden on the poor people who smoke. these are after all more than just taxpayers, they pay the bulk of taxes. I am sick and tired of people saying they cannot stand the smell of cigarettes. Well I cannot stand the smell of perfume but I am not asking for it to be banned from public places.
Why don’t you mind your own business, and let us live our life the way WE see fit.
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