Over the past couple of weeks, various committees in the House of Representatives have been marking up a huge bill known as the Build Back Better Act. This is a human infrastructure plan that includes parts of President Biden’s American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan. One committee that is doing markups is the House Ways & Means Committee which is looking at various revenue sources to fund this bill. One thing that the committee has put into the bill was a $96 billion dollar tobacco tax increase that would most likely affect premium cigars.
The Premium Cigar Association has said this has begun to gain momentum on the committee over the past 24 hours.
The language being considered would roll many of Senator Durbin’s “Tobacco Tax Equity Act” into the markups being made on the infrastructure bill. This could result in a 1000% tax increase on premium cigars and a 2100% tax increase on pipe tobacco.
There is a link setup where you can contact your local member of Congress and voice opposition to the bill.
100% opposed to this proposal to this potential 1000% tax increase on premium cigars. There are a lot more worries in America to focus on than premium cigars, especially when you’re going to use those revenues to give to the privileged members of our society who choose not to work, have multiple children, and expect handouts!! Come people, grow the hell up!
I think that we all think they you take enough already.
Pull from the rich. Not from the people whom enjoy premium cigars.
100% opposed to this proposal to this potential 1000% tax increase on premium cigars. There are a lot more worries in America to focus on than premium cigars, let’s solve homelessness and feed the hungry before we tax an already overtaxed bracket. Let’s focus on solving much larger issues facing our country.
Just another stealth tax togive to people that don’t work, won’t work and to give them what they keep asking for. They won’t tax cigarettes like this, because they are too well aware that the majority of people that smoke cigarettes are the people whose votes they want.
One of the few enjoyments blue collars have to break away from the day-to-day struggles and stress of life just for a few moments of relaxation and contemplation, and the government wants to tax us instead of hitting the rich and corporations.
We are the backbone of making things happen for America and you want to tax us again to bring us down even further!
DO NOT pass this tax bill and let us have this little piece of Americana without taxing us for it.
Congress do not pass this bill into a law! The cigar industry is way overtaxed already and the consumers want to continue their enjoyment smoking a fine cigar. Again, please stop this bill!!
Just another example of the government ratcheting up misery and blaming it on ordinary people. Ever superimpose a graph of tobacco tax increases on a graph of mass shootings? I know it sounds crazy but I honestly think it bears examination. So now in a time of widespread economic hardship, rioting and people storming the Capitol they want to do this? The people most likely to be affected by this are already at or past the breaking point, let’s torture them some more, “for their own good”, see how that works out.