https://calwatchdog.com/2012/12/08/the-tobacco-settlement-bait-and-switch/ Wed, 25 Mar 2015 05:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://calwatchdog.com/2012/12/08/the-tobacco-settlement-bait-and-switch/#comment-29678 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:45:18 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=35316#comment-29678 By the way, all of that “settlement” money comes mostly from smokers, who are overwhelmingly less educated, poorer or immigrants, via higher prices. Just look around at who is smoking. One of the most regressive taxes ever.

]]> https://calwatchdog.com/2012/12/08/the-tobacco-settlement-bait-and-switch/#comment-29677 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:44:25 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=35316#comment-29677 It was about coming up with a legal basis for shaking down deep-pocket cigarette makers, to create a new revenue stream to support the profligate spending of California state and local government.
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