One of Rep. Michael Arcuri’s constituents doesn’t like the funding scheme Democrats devised to pay for an expanded version of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). In a letter to Arcuri, Paul Wolber asked that his congressman “find another source of funding for the SCHIP expansion; and … find a compromise that will help to keep our nation’s children both healthy and insured.”
I cannot in good conscience support any proposal which would place such oppressive tax burdens on a single category of legal consumer products; namely tobacco products in this case.
Unfortunately, Hodes suggests taxing other industries in addition to tobacco. Then again, it’s not surprising given that he boasts of being “a staunch Democrat.”
