LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE TWIN TIERS...THE GREAT UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN MARSHALL ONCE SAID THAT "THE POWER TO TAX IS THE POWER TO DESTROY."
WELL, I'M SICK AND TIRED OF BIG BROTHER—ALSO KNOWN AS BIG GOVERNMENT--TRYING--THROUGH EXCESSIVE TAXATION-- TO DESTROY THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE TO SMOKE. IT IS AN OUTRAGE THAT PENNSYLVANIA JUST RAISED THE TAX ON A PACK OF CIGARETTES BY 25 CENTS. IT'S OUTRAGEOUS THAT JUST A YEAR AGO LAST JUNE...NEW YORK STATE RAISED TAXES ON A PACK OF CIGARETTES FROM $1.50 TO A WHOPPING $2.75. AND IT IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT EARLIER THIS YEAR THE FEDS INCREASED THE TAX ON A PACK BY 62 CENTS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE TWIN TIERS...CIGARETTES ARE COFFIN NAILS AND DO REPRESENT A SERIOUS HEALTH HAZARD. ON THE OTHER HAND, IN A FREE SOCIETY, ADULTS SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO SMOKE WITHOUT BIG BROTHER TRYING TO DESTROY THAT RIGHT THROUGH EXCESSIVE TAXATION. INDEED...THE POWER TO TAX IS THE POWER TO DESTROY.
WITH COMMENTARY...I'M DR. STEPHEN HURRICANE COLEMAN THE THIRD...THAT'S MY OPINION...WHAT'S YOURS?
