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Letter from Frank Hurt of the Bakers Confectioners and Tobacco Workers’ Union (BC&T) to Representative Dan Rostenkowski opposing the proposed $1.25 tax increase on cigarettes. Argues that cigarette taxes are unfair because they are regressive and unfairly target lower income families. Contends that the tax will disproportionately affect a certain geographic region, the south, more than any other ... read moreand in a time when unemployment is high, wiping out a multi-million dollar industry is bad policy. Cites the negative impact the cigarette increase had in Canada as an example.read less
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