Posted on 02/12/2005 2:20:01 PM PST by SheLion
Hardly "pathetic". It is terrifying. The police state in action courtesy of Ubergrupenfuhrer Spitzer. Expect him to outdo himself in the future as New York's next Governor.
And yet some people just don't get it!
REAL ID BILL PASSES (Sensenbrenner's illegal alien bill passes, will be attached to Iraq bill)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1340612/posts
You are right about at least one thing -- this is all about money!
Link, please.
I don't believe it.
I've bought cigarettes on line many times, and the max I could buy with one purchase was two cartons.
Now, I suppose I could have bought two cartons every day for sixty days and had a pretty good stash, but I don't think the profit would have been worth the time.
I also found this older article-
M/C falling in line?:
Attorney General Takes On Internet Cigarette Sales
Mon 02-07-2005 , 6:18 pm
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Wisconsin Justice Department officials said Attorney Peg Lautenschlager will soon meet with executives of credit card companies to urge them to review the legality of processing online, cigarette purchases.
Officials said other state attorneys general will also be involved in the meeting. Last month, Lautenschlager and forty two other attorneys general signed on to a letter to credit card company executives which warned them ''virtually all online tobacoo retailers engage in illegal sales.''
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http://www.wkowtv.com/$spindb.!query.1listnews.storeview.13993.news
"Most of the people ordering cigarettes online are buying them in enormous quantities and reselling them. It is $75 million in tax money they are taking right out of our pockets."
No, the politicians took the money out of our pockets when they got certifiably stupid with their mega tax hike on cigarettes. This was bot predictable and predicted.
Frankly I'm glad for every cent "stolen"
I was born and raised in PA and moved to NY seven years ago. The taxes here on everything are outrageous. If the state is cracking down on people who buy cigarettes in other states over the internet to save money, why don't they stop cars at the border when they cross into NY after filling up there gas tanks in a state like PA where gas is currently at least 20 cents cheaper per gallon? Why don't they stop my car at the border when I go out of state to purchase clothing that I don't pay taxes on? Instead of spying on law abiding citizens trying to save some money, why don't you crack down on the real crooks? Take a look around your office Mr. Spitzer. What's next? Will you be outlawing coupons used at the grocery stores?
Taking out of YOUR POCKETS????
So. You are from New York. Probably NYC. By taking the taxes out of "your pockets," are you just a little afraid that with the loss of revenue from the smokers, that maybe.............just maybe the City will be taxing something 'you' love pretty soon to make up for the loss of money? Sounds like it to ME!
Spitzer is a creep and everybody knows he's a creep, but few will say so out loud. Too bad.
MOST lawmakers are turning into gluttons! I can't stand them.
I don't think he knows what he is talking about, unless he can prove to us that he does.
I doubt if some people are buying mass quantities. Who can afford the POSTAGE?
Lawyers chime in:
N.Y. Suit Against Internet Cigarette Sellers Dismissed, but City Can Refile
Mark Hamblett
New York Law Journal
01-28-2005
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1106573741396
And the hits keep coming:
http://www.magicvalley.com/news/worldnation/index.asp?StoryID=11850
Right! It's the American Way to Shop Cheap, that is why Wal-Mart was born.
When the states raised their taxes on cigarettes so high that people didn't like it, then they went elsewhere to find them cheaper.
Be it roll your own or over state lines, Reservations or the Internet.
Follow the money.
If it wasn't for the cash flow, why the likes of Nancy Pelosi would be all for revenue reductions of Bush.
After all, without the access via political clout where would the likes of Nancy get their political funding?
Buyer beware when one tells you you aren't paying enough.
Doesn't do any good. The lawmakers promise us the moon to get our vote. Once they are in office, it's to hell with their constituents.
Don't forget to add Maine to your list. Maine went totally smoke free in January of 2004. And the cigarette taxes are horrible. I roll my own!
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