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CAT Tracks for May 6, 2010
SILLY NEWS OUT OF SPRINGFIELD |
You know...
Smokers might go for it...might even pay an extra $2 per pack...if the government would let them smoke inside the restaurants and bars!
From the WSIL TV Channel 3 Website...
Quinn Considers Cigarette Tax Hike
SPRINGFIELD-Illinois smokers may be asked to help prevent cuts in education. Governor Pat Quinn says he might support a proposal to raise cigarette taxes by a dollar a pack.
The revenue would be used to prevent deep cuts to school funding. The governor had previously called for an income tax increase, to fill the state's $13 billion budget hole.
Lawmakers are due to leave Springfield for the summer at the end of this week.
