Apparently Not
Thursday 13 May 2010 - Filed under Government + Legislation + Taxation + Uncategorized
The other day I wrote about how the governor of South Carolina had vetoed a bill which would raise SC cigarette taxes by $.50 per pack stating,
A politician finally understands that placing a large burden on a small set of the population cannot fix our budget problems. Good for SC.
Alas, today the state legislature overturned the veto by a 33-13 vote in the state Senate, which immediately followed a 90-29 vote in the House. Good job South Carolina. Way to punish your smoking population, most of whom are in lower income brackets and will be negatively affected by such a progressive excise tax, and place the burden of years of fiscal irresponsibility on a small subset of the population.
2010-05-13 » madlibertarianguy