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Jump to full article: Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 2008-04-20
Intro: Further, the Barbour administration and its supporters in the state Senate won't even allow debate on increased cigarette taxes, which could be directed toward permanent support of Medicaid, whose patient load is heavy with people who are smokers and have smoking induced illnesses.
The House, to its credit, has not backed down from seeking a $1 increase in the cigarette tax - from a paltry 18 cents per pack to $1.18. . . .
The situation as it stands is a classic case of ideology defeating reason.
Start with a proposed tax assessment on occupied private-sector hospital beds, as many in both chambers support and as tentatively agreed to by the Mississippi Hospital Association. Don't stop with that; go for the cigarette tax increase.
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