He is certainly investing in good things, but I'm still curious how he plans to do so without increasing the budget deficit.

^ It's paid for by increased taxes on cigarettes.

>> ^NetRunner:
^ It's paid for by increased taxes on cigarettes.


Yea, I remember hearing about that now. If he can do all of the things he is proposing and can still manage to reduce the deficit then I'm all for it. That isn't an easy thing to do though (especially if we're using taxes on things that we're trying to get people to stop doing).

^ The cost of health insurance goes down as more and more people become healthier.

>> ^volumptuous:
^ The cost of health insurance goes down as more and more people become healthier.


Agreed, but there is still stuff like this to worry about:

http://www.videosift.com/video/What-s-wrong-with-America-the-fried-twinky#comment-654537


Maybe we should start taxing junk food too.

The tax increase on tobacco is beyond belief.
I roll my own cigarettes and the tax per lb. on RYO tobacco is jumping from about $1. per lb. to almost $25. per lb.
For the stuff I buy (which costs $12. per lb) that makes the amount of the tax more than double the amount of the product I'm buying.
That's just crazy. When the tax is more than the product something is fucking wrong.
I'm all for paying my share, and yes .. I shouldn't smoke. But honestly, this is ridiculous.