SarasotaRepub
09-12-2010, 07:38 PM
Ahhhh DUmmies (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=9120725&mesg_id=9120725)...isn't this one of you A-Holes that has begged money in the past...always crying about no money...woe is me????
The Straight Story http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/images/donor.gif (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-12-10 02:22 PM
Original message Just ran out for a cigar, interesting conversation with owner of the store
The guy owns a small tobacco shop off of Livingston Avenue. I was hoping he had some King Edwards or a pipe, he didn't but he had a pretty good selection of Garcia Vegas and Dutch Masters.
I asked him how that whole Schip thing was working out.
"Hell, I voted for Obama. We needed a change. But, well how much do you make? Do you make 250,000 a year?"
"Nope, not even close" I replied.
"None of my customers do, but they are now paying taxes way higher than they ever did before. Business is down, what used to be $18.00 for a pound of smoke is now almost $70. You think people making 250k care? They are paying less taxes now than they did before - and I am about near the end of my rope with my shop."
He ranted on and on about how his little shop was taking a hit, which I suppose to some here is a good thing, but in the end he swore he would not be voting for a democrat this year. I had a smoke while I talked to him, you can do that in smoke shops here. He gave me a free diet mt dew and a book of matches. "That bush was a dumbass, sure as hell he was a cheatin' SOB, he didn't even have a clue about 9/11" Not sure what he meant by all that, but I took it he did not like bush too much.
Given all of that, he won't vote for a democrat next election - because they raised taxes on his customers - and drove them away. He might well be a single issue voter, but he is a voter none the less. He didn't see where bush impacted him directly - but he has seen where Obama has. He has bought into the whole meme about dems "tax and spend".
When you raise the taxes of something poor people buy by an insane amount, do you really expect them to rush out and vote for you?
:confused: :D
The Straight Story http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/images/donor.gif (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-12-10 02:22 PM
Original message Just ran out for a cigar, interesting conversation with owner of the store
The guy owns a small tobacco shop off of Livingston Avenue. I was hoping he had some King Edwards or a pipe, he didn't but he had a pretty good selection of Garcia Vegas and Dutch Masters.
I asked him how that whole Schip thing was working out.
"Hell, I voted for Obama. We needed a change. But, well how much do you make? Do you make 250,000 a year?"
"Nope, not even close" I replied.
"None of my customers do, but they are now paying taxes way higher than they ever did before. Business is down, what used to be $18.00 for a pound of smoke is now almost $70. You think people making 250k care? They are paying less taxes now than they did before - and I am about near the end of my rope with my shop."
He ranted on and on about how his little shop was taking a hit, which I suppose to some here is a good thing, but in the end he swore he would not be voting for a democrat this year. I had a smoke while I talked to him, you can do that in smoke shops here. He gave me a free diet mt dew and a book of matches. "That bush was a dumbass, sure as hell he was a cheatin' SOB, he didn't even have a clue about 9/11" Not sure what he meant by all that, but I took it he did not like bush too much.
Given all of that, he won't vote for a democrat next election - because they raised taxes on his customers - and drove them away. He might well be a single issue voter, but he is a voter none the less. He didn't see where bush impacted him directly - but he has seen where Obama has. He has bought into the whole meme about dems "tax and spend".
When you raise the taxes of something poor people buy by an insane amount, do you really expect them to rush out and vote for you?
:confused: :D