“We have to do something so we don’t have to come back and fight this thing every two years,” Burch says, advocating for comprehensive tax reform.
— Daniel Desrochers (@drdesrochers) March 1, 2018
James Kay calls for a complete ban on opiates because “tough times call for tough measures.”
Says he supports tax on prescription opioids.— Daniel Desrochers (@drdesrochers) March 1, 2018
The tax on opiates is one of the stupidest ideas yet coming out of our General Assembly.
It won’t stop opiate or any other sort of drug abuse (sure thing…drug dealers collect taxes on their sales…bwahahahaaa).
What it WILL do is penalize people who legitimately need opiate prescription medication, but fuck those people…