Adding Insult To Injury

I will be the first to admit that at times I am a little slow on the uptake, but last night I had an Epiphany which filled me with instantaneous outrage.

Let me digress to explain how I arrived at this mental crux.

This Spring the Iowa Legislature raised the Tax on Cigarettes by $1/pack and $10/carton.

Now this was no surprise the Democrats took control of the State Legislature during the last election so Tax raises of some kind were a given.

It was a little odd that the Left which raises the most complaints about Regressive Taxes was silent on this one. The fact is that cigarette smoking is skewed towards the lower income brackets so this Tax is much more regressive than others they have complained about, but again that was not much of a surprise either.

It was not until I stood last night before a cash register ringing up my sale, that I realized the full extent of their perfidy.

The $10 increase in Cigarette Tax was not enough for them I was paying Sales Tax on that $10!

They Tax us on our Income

They Tax us on our Property

They Tax us on our Purchases

And Now?

I realize.

They Tax us on our Increased Taxes!!!

That's ----

That's just TACKY!

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