Morning Jolt: Joe Biden’s Great Big Tobacco-Tax Hike

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On the menu today: President Biden is about to break his oft-repeated promise to never raise taxes on anyone making less than $400,000 per year by doubling the taxes on cigarettes and hiking taxes steeply on all other tobacco products; the Pentagon warns that ISIS-K in Afghanistan could have the capability to attack the United States in as little as six months, and that it has the intention to do so; and noting that "shutting down the virus," as the president pledged, requires the most anxiety-ridden Americans to accept that the pandemic ending.

A Tax on the Poor

"Nobody making under 400,000 bucks would have their taxes raised, period, bingo." — Joe Biden, interview on CNBC's Squawk Box, May 22, 2020.

"Under my plan, if you make less than $400,000, you won't pay a single penny more in taxes. You have my word on it." — Joe Biden, November 2, 2020.

"I give you my word as a Biden: If you make under ...

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WITH JIM GERAGHTY October 27 2021
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WITH JIM GERAGHTY October 27 2021
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Joe Biden's Great Big Tobacco-Tax Hike

On the menu today: President Biden is about to break his oft-repeated promise to never raise taxes on anyone making less than $400,000 per year by doubling the taxes on cigarettes and hiking taxes steeply on all other tobacco products; the Pentagon warns that ISIS-K in Afghanistan could have the capability to attack the United States in as little as six months, and that it has the intention to do so; and noting that "shutting down the virus," as the president pledged, requires the most anxiety-ridden Americans to accept that the pandemic ending.

A Tax on the Poor

"Nobody making under 400,000 bucks would have their taxes raised, period, bingo." — Joe Biden, interview on CNBC's Squawk Box, May 22, 2020.

"Under my plan, if you make less than $400,000, you won't pay a single penny more in taxes. You have my word on it." — Joe Biden, November 2, 2020.

"I give you my word as a Biden: If you make under ...   READ MORE

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