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Tuesday, June 03, 2025

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Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

New cigarette tax will do more harm than good

Today marks the first day of the new cigarette tax, and as I prepare myself for the inevitable trips to Georgia to buy cartons, I wonder how the government ever managed to pass such a discriminatory tax. Ignoring the obvious problems with covertly making an activity illegal through taxation (Stamp Act, anyone?), I'm going to focus on the tangible consequences of this tax.


Florida Alligator
OPINION  |  LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Cutting Geology program not answer to budget woes

I am a fourth-year senior in the Department of Geological Sciences, a department that despite its prolific publication record and contributions to scholarship is now facing the ax. If the state revenues are as dire as predicted, the college will require that we cut all the lab managers, nontenured faculty and an office worker (we only have three). In simple terms, this means that for every $9 cut from the budget, one dollar comes directly from geology.


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