Would you support a possible $2 hike in tobacco product taxes?

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825 Votes

Would you support a possible $2 hike in tobacco product taxes?

59%

Yes, deter sales! Yes, deter sales!

41%

No, it's too much. No, it's too much.

59%

Yes, deter sales!

Taxing these products creates important revenue for state use, but more importantly deters some sales. This is vital to maintaining a healthy community, as tobacco products are ... Show More

Taxing these products creates important revenue for state use, but more importantly deters some sales. This is vital to maintaining a healthy community, as tobacco products are proven to cause cancer and other health issues. Show Less

4 Comments

Leslie Ann

Tho it doesn't deter those from buying. Wish tobacco sales would just go away. That would solve many medical issues. And create lower insurance costs.

JohnWayne Kenneth Pool

Only, ONLY, as long as that revenue went to preventative education and healthcare.

Ka San

Absolutely! It would deter tobacco use and would also spread the tax burden to another population besides home owners.

John Philo

I guess the government want's to rip as much tax as possible before the smokers all die.

41%

No, it's too much.

A $2 tax hike is egregious and unnecessary; there's no reason to add taxes to something that's already taxed.

A $2 tax hike is egregious and unnecessary; there's no reason to add taxes to something that's already taxed. Show Less

7 Comments

Linda Nolin

No it's not going to help, some people will just steal to get the money. They need something that will really help you to quit smoking. I've tried patches, gum, pills and nothing works.

Brandy Barr

NO, THIS IS GOING TO HURT LOW INCOME PEOPLE THAT SMOKE AND DO NOT WANT TO QUIT!!! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO PUSH YOUR AGENDA OF TRYING TO FORCE PEOPLE TO DO JUST WHAT YOU WANT! WE HAVE THE RIGHT TOO!!!!

Pennie Day Holiday

This state has taken enough from it citizens.

Jason Bement

I think there's plenty of other things to tax like alcohol

Ken Deuser

Taxmageddon Fiends !!

Mary Jo

This will equate to a TWENTY DOLLAR hike on a carton...absolutely LUDICROUS. Start taxing the boozers, too!

Do you support a record $1.5 trillion budget for the military?

Asked by KTVZ

71 Votes

Do you support a record $1.5 trillion budget for the military?

62%

Yes Yes

38%

No No

62%

Yes

1 Comments

Dave

Looks like the ayes have it.

38%

No

2 Comments

Oakley Taylor

We need that money in our own country to help our schools, Medicare and education. Don’t you care about our neighbors and communities?

Dave

That money won't help our neighbors and schools when Iranian nukes start hitting our allies and eventually us! That is their goal as they have stated for years!!

Ka San

If it even needs saying, the Military Industrial Complex is the MOST bloated budget of the entire federal budget. If our current "completely-in-over-his-head" Def Sec + idiot prez hadn't started a completely unnecessary war, we would not have depleted stores of weapons and this be on nobody's radar!

Dave

Ka San, You sound like a radical liberal. Guess you'd rather have nukes start flying around in the middle east and then closer to home in a couple years.

Do you think sweeps and hostile architecture are effective ways to remove camps?

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67 Votes

Do you think sweeps and hostile architecture are effective ways to remove camps?

97%

Yes Yes

3%

No No

97%

Yes

1 Comment

Kate Coffey

As a tax payer and resident of Deschutes County I am tired of my tax dollars being used to clean up the filth the homeless people leave behind. If this is a deterrent for them living there then we won’t have to clean it up again. Thus saving tax payer dollars and the rocks are a better look.

3%

No

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KTVZ

Would you support a possible $2 hike in tobacco product taxes?

59% Yes, deter sales! Yes, deter sales!

41% No, it's too much. No, it's too much.

59% Yes, deter sales!

41% No, it's too much.

Do you support a record $1.5 trillion budget for the military?

62% Yes Yes

38% No No

62% Yes

38% No

Do you think sweeps and hostile architecture are effective ways to remove camps?

97% Yes Yes

3% No No

97% Yes

3% No

59%

Yes, deter sales! Yes, deter sales!

41%

No, it's too much. No, it's too much.

59%

Yes, deter sales!

41%

No, it's too much.

62%

Yes Yes

38%

No No

62%

Yes

38%

No

97%

Yes Yes

3%

No No

97%

Yes

3%

No