Comments on: Stogie Guys Friday Sampler LXII

By: Stogie News: Cigar Tax Vote Today, Bush Veto Threat Stands

Stogie News: Cigar Tax Vote Today, Bush Veto Threat Stands — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:11:48 +0000

[...] Under the Senate proposal, the various tobacco taxes funding the SCHIP expansion are being increased by at least 256%. While as of Friday, multiple congressional staffers told StogieGuys’ own George Edmonson that they were still negotiating the House bill and trying to reduce the tax cap on cigars, it is believed the House bill will contain the same tax increases. [...]

By: Ricky

Ricky — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:16:41 +0000

He’s threatened to veto it because he doesn’t want to nationalize health care. We’ll see. Congress doesn’t have much time to get a proposal in front of him, and with the way it is currently written, it doesn’t look promising to pass. Good for us.

There’s been talk of an extension to the current plan which I think would be a bad thing too, because the next time it comes due for change, there might be a tax-loving Democrat in office to push it through.

By: Padronnie

Padronnie — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:51:25 +0000

Will Bush really veto the cigar tax increase?

I heard that he would.