glking
02-01-2010, 09:07 PM
Just got this from my local shop & thought I'd pass it on.
This is an Action Alert!!!
Congress and the Anti-Smokers are at it again!
Stop the Pipe Tobacco Tax!
Please sign the petition and write your Senator and Congress person
H.R. 4439, the Tobacco Tax Parity Act of 2010 was introduced on January 13, 2010 and would raise the tax on pipe tobacco 775% from $2.8311 to $24.78 per pound.
Introduced by Representatives Steve Cohen (Dem., TN) and Lloyd Doggett (Dem., TX), it has been referred to the House Ways and Means Committee of which Mr. Doggett is a member.
The following is a suggested script but you should use your own words when writing Congress and the Senate:
I am writing to express concern about this bill.
I want you to vote NO to H.R. 4439.
This bill punishes pipe smokers and retail tobacconists. It will destroy an industry of pipe craftsmen, small farmers, tobacco blenders and retailers. Pipe smoking is an historical, time-honored tradition in America that goes back to colonial days.
This is nothing more than an attempt to rope in taxes from roll-your-own cigarette tobacco. The roll-your-own industry has re-labeled cigarette tobacco as pipe tobacco to be taxed at a much lower rate.
This is not the way to fix that problem. For those of us that enjoy real pipe tobacco, this is unfair. A tax increase of 775% on anything is ludicrous. This will kill many small businesses and an historical tradition.
Many honorable people smoked a pipe including; State Senator Millicent Fenwick, President Gerald R. Ford, General Douglas McArthur, Albert Einstein, Bing Crosby, and many more.
Here is the link to sign the petition:
http://www.rallycongress.com/stop-the-pipe-tobacco-tax/2826/stop-pipe-tobacco-tax/ (http://www.rallycongress.com/stop-the-pipe-tobacco-tax/2826/stop-pipe-tobacco-tax/)
The signers of this petition are telling the congressmen and senators that we want them to vote NO on H.R. 4439.
To find your U.S. Representative and/or State legislators, click on this link:
http://capwiz.com/rtda/issues/alert/?alertid=14599891 (http://capwiz.com/rtda/issues/alert/?alertid=14599891)
We must stand together because they are taking our Freedom away from us!
Larry Rice
This is an Action Alert!!!
Congress and the Anti-Smokers are at it again!
Stop the Pipe Tobacco Tax!
Please sign the petition and write your Senator and Congress person
H.R. 4439, the Tobacco Tax Parity Act of 2010 was introduced on January 13, 2010 and would raise the tax on pipe tobacco 775% from $2.8311 to $24.78 per pound.
Introduced by Representatives Steve Cohen (Dem., TN) and Lloyd Doggett (Dem., TX), it has been referred to the House Ways and Means Committee of which Mr. Doggett is a member.
The following is a suggested script but you should use your own words when writing Congress and the Senate:
I am writing to express concern about this bill.
I want you to vote NO to H.R. 4439.
This bill punishes pipe smokers and retail tobacconists. It will destroy an industry of pipe craftsmen, small farmers, tobacco blenders and retailers. Pipe smoking is an historical, time-honored tradition in America that goes back to colonial days.
This is nothing more than an attempt to rope in taxes from roll-your-own cigarette tobacco. The roll-your-own industry has re-labeled cigarette tobacco as pipe tobacco to be taxed at a much lower rate.
This is not the way to fix that problem. For those of us that enjoy real pipe tobacco, this is unfair. A tax increase of 775% on anything is ludicrous. This will kill many small businesses and an historical tradition.
Many honorable people smoked a pipe including; State Senator Millicent Fenwick, President Gerald R. Ford, General Douglas McArthur, Albert Einstein, Bing Crosby, and many more.
Here is the link to sign the petition:
http://www.rallycongress.com/stop-the-pipe-tobacco-tax/2826/stop-pipe-tobacco-tax/ (http://www.rallycongress.com/stop-the-pipe-tobacco-tax/2826/stop-pipe-tobacco-tax/)
The signers of this petition are telling the congressmen and senators that we want them to vote NO on H.R. 4439.
To find your U.S. Representative and/or State legislators, click on this link:
http://capwiz.com/rtda/issues/alert/?alertid=14599891 (http://capwiz.com/rtda/issues/alert/?alertid=14599891)
We must stand together because they are taking our Freedom away from us!
Larry Rice