I suppose setting the tax on the loose tobacco at the same rate as cigarettes never occurred to them.
They already do. A pound of (cheap) domestically grown tobacco runs roughly $14, $5 of which is tax mandated under the MSA.
28 posted on 10/25/2011 8:59:41 AM PDT by ProfoundBabe
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