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(Which for some was a big improvement over their past of: Cigarettes, Alcohol and Alcohol.)
sad, but truly hilarious.
So by having a cigarette tax of 61 cents, the poor would essentially (as statistics show) be funding their own program?
As per wikipedia:
"Among the groups of people served by Medicaid are eligible low-income parents, children, seniors, and people with disabilities. Medicaid is the largest source of funding for medical and health-related services for people with limited income."
And what SCHIP does is fund healthcare for children who belong to families who make too much for medicaid, but not enough to pay for their own healthcare.
Inevitably, yes. Some of the SCHIP-eligible are funding the program for their own use by purchasing cigarettes.
However, smokers already on Medicaid (who are on it because they live near the poverty line) would be paying for the children of middle-class families to obtain health care and services.
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RE: Taxing smokers is unjust and ludacris
But no, they want to tax (predominantly) poor, uneducated people.
And
Taxes don't stop people from smoking.
My personal experience supports this. I knew many people in this circumstance. The three main priorities in their lives next to food and water were:
(Which for some was a big improvement over their past of: Cigarettes, Alcohol and Alcohol.)
These were, as I witnessed, carefully budgeted each week with meticulous planning and foresight to make sure they were obtainable at almost any cost.
where and how the money was going to come from to fund SCHIP..........did you see it?
So by having a cigarette tax of 61 cents, the poor would essentially (as statistics show) be funding their own program?
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