Schip expansion a regressive tax


	Schip expansion a regressive tax

n2sooners

10-12-2007 6:30 PM

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taxes, poverty, schip, congress, politics, healthcare

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10-19-2007 1:13 PM

ColoradoRight

Why not have a national lottery for SCHIP? They are the ultimate tax on stupid people (people who don't understand mathematics), and Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi can be photographed every week handing out a big check to some idiot.

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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA560.html">much of the new funding for SCHIP comes from a large increase in the cigarette tax</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA560.html">people with incomes under  200 percent of the poverty level smoke at rates higher than those with incomes  above 200 percent</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA560.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nationalcenter.org/img/CD0A9A69-0DE9-41E7-935E-1EA5804932B0" alt="Table 1: Smoking and Poverty" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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