Sen. Kay Hagan Faces Tough Choices as a Tobacco State Democrat

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Dear Kay Hagan, would you please direct me and fast. as I do have a court case in Va Winston Salem against the RlJ. Reynolds company for destroying my quality o life over the tobacco sig that they put on the market to know that it killed and harm life. for It I am a mess with doctor letter to say so as well I will go into more of it when you or someone can help me I need a experience lawyer to go to court with me as the court date is set for March 15 and I am trying to get it later as I do not have a lawyer to help me and wanted a N C lawyer and for him to help me there in N.c. right near THE TOBACCO COMPANY AND WHERE i DID WORK IN NORTH CAROLINA AND SMOKE THERE AS WELL AND LIVED IN FL AND LEFT TO TAKE CARE OF MY 90 YEAR OLD MOTHER WHO IS IN BETTER SHAPE THEM i AM JUST OLD. I NEED YOUR HELP. jANIE GALITELLO . god BLESS YOU. AND THANK YOU AND AS i SAID i NEED YOUR HELP.

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tristonoro of DC 8:30PM August 02, 2009

I feel the cigarette tax as a tax base in short sighted. You don't base a health program for children on a tax base that will decrease every year. This was proven in NY State when they went to the well with another tax inc. on cigarettes like they have done a half dozen other times. With the new increase the revenues went down for the first time ever. Basically the base of tax revenue was going down with every increase from this point on. What lesson should we learn from this is: Don't put programs on the back of a unstable tax base. This is what the federal government is doing and will run into the same problem. NY state already has health care for children (free) now that the fed's will be providing med. care across the board will
NY State drop their program and give the money back to the people with Tax decreases. Why dosen't the public ask about this money. In closing i feel if you are going to have a tax increase to support children health care they should go after Coffee. Coffee is a broad base addictive product. A broad base product is the best way to go where most everyone bites the bullet. Coffee is addictive, causes high blood pressure, creates havac with the digestive system. Coffee fits the sin tax criteria mentioned above. When we start talking about Fat Tax,
Water bottle tax i feel the coffee tax is well overdue. PS: Who is the idiot who came up with the word Sin Tax. I guess i better send my wife to church to hear her confession.

Dan Anderson of NY 1:54PM April 23, 2009

Stop this "smokers" tax. Why do smokers ONLY have to pay for someone elses kids? What does smoking have to do with kids health care,(whose parents can't afford to have kids),it's small sector picking.Soon they will come for something that non smokers use. Why don't they give out birth control and Chantrix and stop giving out Viagra? Smoking is legal and very relaxing,we know like fatty foods etc,it's not healthy, but its better than booze or drugs. Why don't they tax the heck out of booze and expensive cars to pay for all the government needs? Our new president smokes, and I'm glad he does. I hope he reads this and change change this tax. No smoking on airlines, none in most restraunts, might as well stay home, at least for now till they come in our homes. A lot of tax has been lost due to people staying home and not spending money. That compounded with less workers (waiters)needed etc.,If we all somehow quit, where will these taxes as a whole come from? Get smoking on some airline flights, let the business owners decide, not the government. Take the cigarette tax off and put a across tax on everything so all Americans will pay.Better yet, reduce the states and govn't fat.Taxing individual sectors is not right.

Dyan of NV 4:58AM March 20, 2009

SCHIP funds poor children,not so poor children,and pretty well off children, and whole bunch of people who are not children and have not been children for a long time!
I guess we should not argue about semantics.

f b williams of NC 9:24PM March 11, 2009

So far Senator Hagan has proven to be a bobble head that Reid walks by and taps a yes or no however he so desires.

brian of NC 8:06PM March 10, 2009

Talking about biting the hand that feeds you!

Marc of WV 11:41AM March 09, 2009

As said well, the smokers small amout will pay for a large part of the funding. Now they want to ban smoking outdoors. They forget so soon what they just voted on for smokers to fund and then they don't want people to smoke.

pissedincalifronia of CA 12:41AM March 07, 2009