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Title: 'How can they tax me for trying to be pretty?'
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NY Post
URL Source: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/ ... ying_to_kNfOr4YMsvpqoRgrBuxqMP
Published: Jul 3, 2010
Author: REBECCA ROSENBERG, AMBER SUTHERLAND, and
Post Date: 2010-07-03 11:15:58 by James Deffenbach
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Views: 486
Comments: 32
New Yorkers who smoke and tan were twice burned yesterday. With both the federal 10 percent tanning tax and the new $1.60 per-pack state surcharge on cigarettes now in effect, those addicted to nicotine and UV rays fear they may have to choose between bronzed skin and blackened lungs. "How can they tax me for trying to be pretty?" said Jenna Goldschmidt, 19, an FIT student who tans three times a week and smokes a half-pack a day. "I am going to have to cut one or the two, or I will have to switch off. One week tan, one week smoke," she said. The new sin taxes will add $30 to her monthly cigarette budget and $40 to her tanning costs. "Everyone likes to look pretty -- and when I get stressed I need smoke. I need both," she said. As for doubling her cancer risks, Goldschmidt said she wasn't worried. "I am one of those girls who is invincible," she said. Anticipating the fees, regulars at the Beach Bum tanning salon on the Upper East Side paid their $200 to $300 monthly fees by Wednesday, said Jah Muhammad, a sales associate. "They bought the packages and didn't stay to tan. They just did it to get it in before the tax took effect," Muhammad said. Some women considered their tanning and smoking habits so important they were willing eliminate other expenses to compensate. "I might cut back on money I spend on my hair and nails to make up for it," said Tina Najda, 20, of Greenpoint, Brooklyn. "A session on the best machine for the longest time would be $30-$35," she said. "I tan two or three times a week. With cigarettes and tanning that's a lot of money." Although the taxes are intended to both discourage unhealthy behavior, smoking tanners insist they will keep darkening and lighting up. "I won't cut down until they are $20 a pack. If they were $50 a pack people would still pay," Najda said. Amy Kola, 25, a hairdresser from Astoria, Queens, who smokes and tans, said government should find other ways to generate revenue. "Someone who smokes and tans is just going to keep doing it," she said.
Poster Comment: "I am one of those girls who is invincible," she said. Sure you are. Everyone is at 19. But when you get a bit older then all of a sudden your "invincibility shield" has quit working and you become prey to all manner of illnesses that you used to believe would never touch you.
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#1. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
And stupid!
St. Ausgustine on the State: "It was a criminal band that achieved legitimacy not by renouncing aggression, but rather by attaining impunity."
She may not be stupid, maybe just ignorant. Although if her ignorance is willful and she doesn't want to know, that is stupid.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic.
Yeah, me too. I know a girl back home who would lie in the sun for hours to get a tan. And she wound up looking almost black and I hate to think how rough her skin must be by now.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic.
The girl I am talking about--not just a girl anymore, probably a grandmother by now--looked bad years ago. I haven't seen her in a long time but I imagine her skin is as rough as sandpaper and probably wrinkled really bad.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic.
And she's just 24. How sad. Seriously, I could have gone all day and probably longer without seeing that picture. But I think it does point out the stupidity in excessive sun worship.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. I hate smoking and everything about it. It is the ONE thing I wish they'd just step in and outrightly ban. I even hate seeing them smoke in their own cars with the windows cracked. Sit in it and marinate, suckers! I have about a 3 page, single-spaced screed in my head about smoking and smokers that's threatening to turn itself into a blog. That chick from the article is reasonably hot at 19, but in about 15 years, her skin will look like a saddlebag and her voice will sound like 10 lb. of river gravel in a clothes dryer.
They tax cow farts, man ... they can tax anything ! Ha hahaha !!!
YOU only count when it's census or TAX time" ... don't you find it ironic that the census bureau says they rely upon the Constitution for their authority and pays their help in UNCONSTITUTIONAL FRNs ... bend over and lick the hand that beats you !
I used to smoke cigarettes and lots of them up until about twenty years ago. When I quit I was smoking anywhere from two to three packs a day, depending on what kind of day it was. Relatively good day, couple of packs. Everything going wrong day, closer to three. But I have always hated the smell of cigars. I tried smoking a pipe for a while, Captain Black tobacco. It smelled wonderful but didn't taste nearly as good as it smelled so I didn't have much problem quitting that either. The hardest thing to quit was chewing tobacco. And I had a pharmacist friend who had smoked and then quit and took up chewing and he TOLD me that it was harder to quit chewing. But I had to find out for myself (and he was telling the truth).
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. I have no desire to see the government ban smoking. I only hope that people who still smoke will find out that it isn't doing them any good and quit on their own like I did. But no one made me quit.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. Yeah, but they can't tax me for being pretty, ahaha.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. Yeah, I should have clarified my comments to mean cigarettes. They all smell like slow-burning dogshit, and now they have to put all the additives in them so drunk fucks won't fall asleep with one lit and burn the house down. They just keep getting nastier and nastier. Cigars are OK, there's something Freudianly hot about a woman smoking a cigar, and pipe smoke is fine. Pipe smokers have to carry their 'butts' with them and can just tap it out in an ashtray when done. I hate the whole culture of cigarette smokers. Their nasty habits, their general inconsideration of everyone else on the planet, and their misguided belief that they're so persecuted for their "addiction", over which they really have no choice. (I do enjoy watching them huddle out in the open during a sleet storm to have a smoke break, while the biting north wind flays them.)
I vote stupid.
That's harsh, Cyni. She might overcome it if she lives long enough.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. Pretty what? snicker.
St. Ausgustine on the State: "It was a criminal band that achieved legitimacy not by renouncing aggression, but rather by attaining impunity."
I image chewing tobacco releases more nicotine per oz than burning it would. The few people I knew that chewed died of old age a couple years back. The smokers all developed heart problems and were forced to quit. Thanks. I doubt I would have died of old age if I hadn't quit chewing. It had gotten to the point it was burning my tongue (not a good sign), so I quit that too. But everyone is different and things that were hurting me might not necessarily hurt someone else, at least not to the extent they were me.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. St. Ausgustine on the State: "It was a criminal band that achieved legitimacy not by renouncing aggression, but rather by attaining impunity."
i agree. i don't like the look of tanned skin. i don't care for neon white either, but given a choice of the two, i prefer pale.
notice anything that resembles the Paraguayan gal?
I think there was something....
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. She has a cell-phone?
The American Revolution probably got its start in a smoke filled tavern. Funny how as fewer people smoke, Americans get fatter, dumber, lazier, and more submissive isn't it? I'm not saying there is a correlation, but...
"I am one of those girls who is invincible," she said.
#2. To: Turtle (#1)
Lord Acton
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
#3. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
#4. To: wetlandjack (#3)
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OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
#5. To: James Deffenbach (#4)
#6. To: wetlandjack (#5)
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OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
#7. To: James Deffenbach (#6)
#8. To: wetlandjack (#7)
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OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
#9. To: James Deffenbach (#6)
#10. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
'How can they tax me for trying to be pretty?'
#11. To: Samuel Gray (#9)
(Edited)
#12. To: wetlandjack (#11)
Cigarettes are the only repugnant form of smoke. Cigars and pipes can be rather pleasant to be around.
Lord Acton
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
#13. To: Samuel Gray (#9)
Lord Acton
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
#14. To: noone222 (#10)
They tax cow farts, man ... they can tax anything ! Ha hahaha !!!
Lord Acton
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
#15. To: wetlandjack (#11)
#16. To: James Deffenbach (#2)
She may not be stupid, maybe just ignorant.
#17. To: James Deffenbach (#12)
#18. To: Cynicom (#16)
I vote stupid.
Lord Acton
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
#19. To: James Deffenbach (#14)
Yeah, but they can't tax me for being pretty, ahaha.
#20. To: wetlandjack (#17)
Congrats on quitting smoking.
Lord Acton
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
#21. To: Samuel Gray (#15)
Cigars are OK, there's something Freudianly hot about a woman smoking a cigar
#22. To: wetlandjack (#3)
#23. To: wetlandjack, James Deffenbach, Lod (#7)
#24. To: christine (#23)
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OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
#25. To: christine (#23)
#26. To: christine (#23)
#27. To: Samuel Gray (#15)
Waiting too late to oppose tyranny has always led to bloodshed.
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#28. To: christine, James Deffenbach (#27)
I meant to ping you guys to #27.
Waiting too late to oppose tyranny has always led to bloodshed.
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#29. To: Critter (#28)
Thanks Critter.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton
He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic.
OsamaBinGoldstein posted on 2010-05-25 9:39:59 ET (2 images) Reply Trace
#30. To: Lod (#25)
the space between their breasts. both have implants.
#31. To: Critter (#27)
that was before the tobacco companies added the toxic chemicals...
The American Revolution probably got its start in a smoke filled tavern.
#32. To: christine (#31)
I don't think it's a coincidence that the blood alcohol level was dropped to .08 around the same time as cigarettes were being taxed out of existence, and smoking was banned in bars in most states. They don't want the unwashed masses gathering at the local pubs discussing the treason being perpetrated against them.
Waiting too late to oppose tyranny has always led to bloodshed.
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