Millions of people around the country have been treated to the anti-debt ads run by one-time tobacco industry lobbyist Richard Berman. Mr. Berman, who has also worked to thwart minimum wage increases and managed to get on the opposite side of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, is now working alongside the Wall Street types who wrecked the economy. ... read more >>
Posts Tagged ‘Congress’
Sidestep ‘em if you got ‘em
Friday, November 27th, 2009
Some tobacco companies have pulled a fast one on the federal government by re-labeling their products and avoiding a punitive tax placed on roll-your-own tobacco products. ... read more >>
Some tobacco companies have pulled a fast one on the federal government by re-labeling their products and avoiding a punitive tax placed on roll-your-own tobacco products. ... read more >>
Roll Your Own Tax Rate
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
There are no records kept on how fast loopholes can be uncovered in new federal law, but the roll-your-own tobacco industry is making a breathtaking run for this year’s shabby laurels. No sooner had President Obama signed the new children’s health insurance law last spring than the industry pried open a lucrative escape from the 20-fold tax increase levied on roll-your-own cigarettes to help support the program. ... read more >>
There are no records kept on how fast loopholes can be uncovered in new federal law, but the roll-your-own tobacco industry is making a breathtaking run for this year’s shabby laurels. No sooner had President Obama signed the new children’s health insurance law last spring than the industry pried open a lucrative escape from the 20-fold tax increase levied on roll-your-own cigarettes to help support the program. ... read more >>
Ed Flynn: Is the government addicted to cigarettes?
Monday, July 27th, 2009
I don’t remember when I lit my first cigarette but I do remember when I put out my last one. ... read more >>
I don’t remember when I lit my first cigarette but I do remember when I put out my last one. ... read more >>
In Books on Two Powerbrokers, Hints of the Future
Monday, July 20th, 2009
WASHINGTON — In Congress, there are inside players and outside players. Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, and Representative Henry A. Waxman of California, the Democratic chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, are indisputably inside guys. Neither man is exactly overflowing with charisma, but they have used their decades in Congress to learn precisely how to pull the legislative levers, making them formidable powers in the Senate and House. ... read more >>
WASHINGTON — In Congress, there are inside players and outside players. Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, and Representative Henry A. Waxman of California, the Democratic chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, are indisputably inside guys. Neither man is exactly overflowing with charisma, but they have used their decades in Congress to learn precisely how to pull the legislative levers, making them formidable powers in the Senate and House. ... read more >>
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