2007 House Bill 4389 (Increase cigarette and tobacco tax )

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Introduced by Rep. Coleman Young (D) on March 1, 2007, to raise the state cigarette tax by 5-cents a pack, and double the tax on cigars, noncigarette smoking tobacco, and smokeless tobacco to 64 percent of the wholesale price. This is one of a number of tax increases included in Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s Fiscal Year 2007-2008 budget recommendation, which is based on approximately $1 billion in tax increases. It would increase the taxes paid by citizens approximately $57 million.
- Referred to the House Tax Policy Committee on March 1, 2007.

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1) Indiana, here we come! [by Anonymous Citizen on March 27, 2007]
The border is just a hop, skip and jump away. All this tax will do is put more small businesses who sell cigarettes, etc out of business.
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2) It Also [by Anonymous Citizen on March 14, 2007]
helps fund terrorists. They buy them in low tax states and sell them here.

Two penny jenny needs to learn about the law of unintended consequences.
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3) no smoking route [by Anonymous Citizen on March 14, 2007]
there are already plenty of smokers who buy cigarettes out of state, or even out of the country.

michigan doesn't sell that much tobacco compared to ohio, who's taxes are less, therefore their prices are lower.

demcorats have used taxation as a weapon against that with which they disagree.

they are against smoking, so they tax cigarettes.

they are against drinking so they tax alcohol.

they are against business so they tax businesses.

they are against the 'poor' making money, so they tax their income.

they are against the 'rich' making money, so they tax them heavier.

we are being punished at every turn.
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