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What does Herb Kohl & his Cigarette Bill remind Americans off? …….. The Bush years…..?
November 25, 2009 | Tagged traffic report | Leave a Comment
All Americans who smoke might be Muslim terrorist
U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Milwaukee, is touting the Senate Judiciary Committee’s unanimous approval of his bill to crack down on black market tobacco.
The bill — dubbed the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act — would increase sellers’ reporting requirements, strenthen law enforcement and penalties against tobacco trafficking, and ban the U.S. Postal Service from delivering tobacco products.
"Tobacco smuggling has developed into a popular, and highly profitable, means of generating revenue for criminal and terrorist organizations," Kohl said in a statement. "Hezbollah, al Qaeda and Hamas have all generated significant revenue from the sale of counterfeit cigarettes. That money is often raised right here in the United States, and it is then funneled back to these international terrorist groups."
Hey, we learned nothing from prohibition. We passed laws against alcohol and created one of the greatest criminal enterprises ever. So what do we expect, our representatives raise the tobacco tax in an attempt to tax people from smoking, and, wa la, created another criminal enterprise. I’ve heard of used-to-be-drug smugglers that quit smuggling drugs and now smuggle cigarettes. Now they will have to declare War on tobacco and spend billions more to increase law enforcement just to handle tobacco smuggling.
richplainsmt | Nov 21, 2009
Sounds like a waste of everyone’s money.
Government sucks.
Apple Soda | Nov 21, 2009
Now I understand. The libs have been smoking something extra thrown in by the terrorists. That explains their thinking.
Obama's Bro | Nov 21, 2009
Not necessarily, because I’m not aware of a relevant Bush parallel. This appears to be the result of frustration with American Indian groups selling cigarettes to non-Indians.
A. E. Moreira | Nov 21, 2009
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