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We LOVE this idea!

Lance Armstrong is asking California voters to approve Proposition 29 in June, which will raise the packs of cigarettes sold in the state by just $1 as a means to raise money for cancer research!

Since cigarettes CAUSE cancer, why not give a little bit back toward curing the disease too? If it was up to us, we'd eliminate

Tags: california, cancer research, cigarettes, cure, fundraiser, lance armstrong, law enforcement, money, proposition 29, smoking, tax, voters

Wow! Doesn't that almost sound like a made up number? LOLz!

Yesterday, President Barack Obama unveiled a $3.8 trillion budget request! Here's what he had to say about it:

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Words like "daaaaaammmmmnnnnnn" come to mind!

GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has released his tax returns, and yeah - the guy (and his wife) made $21.7 million in 2010 and $21 million in 2011!

As far as taxes are concerned, they paid $3 million back to the government in '10, and they paid $3.2 million in federal taxes in '11.

Over those two years, Romney's tax rate was slightly under 14%, which is still higher than many Americans…but still pret-ty damn low given how much $$$ he's making!

And

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The GOP claws were out last night!!!

Check out the video (above) of Mitt Romney going on the attack BIG TIME against Newt Gingrich!

We certainly enjoyed seeing Gingrich getting served…but that doesn't mean that we don't have some serious issues with Romney as well!

Speaking of Romney issues, it should be interesting to see how people react to those tax returns of his…

Team Gingrich or Team Romney???

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Americans consumed 13.8 billion gallons of sugar-sweetened beverages in 2009, which provided approximately 70,000 “empty calories” per person.

A new study is asserting that if we want to limit the largest source of added sugar and excess calories in the American diet — both linked to weight gain and type 2 diabetes — the government should start taxing it!

Tags: calories, deaths, diabetes, government, medical costs, obesity, prevent, sugar, sugar-sweetened beverages, tax

In the past several years, thanks to increased awareness and stricter public smoking laws, cigarette smoking has been on the decline. In fact, less than 20% of adults over the age of 18 smoked in 2010!

However, some people still aren't taking the hint thanks to their state's lack of interest in promoting healthy breathing.

Based on smoking (and quit) rates, smoking bans and restrictions, cigarette taxes and sales, and deaths attributable to smoking, here are the 10 states most addicted to smoking:

Tags: cigarettes, deaths, government, habit, laws, lung cancer, middler america, nicotine, quit smoking, state, tax

It looks like iconic fashion designer Vivienne Westwood has some worrying to do!

Apparently she "significantly undervalued" the net worth of her label in tax returns.

But those in charge at England's HM Revenue & Customs figured it out, and now she must pay back $50,000.

Ouchie. But probably not a super ouch for the Dame.

Possibly a little karma for being so snooty toward the Duchess Catherine of Cambridge???

[Image via Daniel Deme/WENN.]

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