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BIG TOBACCO'S SHOWDOWN IN THE WEST
National Center for Policy Analysis ^
Posted on 09/15/2006 3:44:26 PM PDT by bruinbirdman
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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
While in Armenia, Marlboro imported from the USA were $8.00 a carton with their tax on the cigarettes
Better check the born-on date on those.
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posted on
09/15/2006 5:07:22 PM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: bruinbirdman; Just another Joe; CSM; lockjaw02; Publius6961; elkfersupper; nopardons; metesky; ...
Nanny State PING..........
Smoker or not --- one has to realize it will NOT stop with cigarettes.........
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posted on
09/15/2006 5:12:21 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Taxaholism, the disease you elect to have (TY xcamel))
To: Bommer
Tabacco should boycott California completely. Let them figure out how to fund their medicare and other programs! Big Tobacco, tell California politicians to go to Hell! It's a great idea, and I agree with it - but it can not happen. The Master Settlement Agreement of 1998 prohibits the tobacco companies from stopping sales of their product in the states that signed on, and California is one of them.
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posted on
09/15/2006 5:15:08 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Taxaholism, the disease you elect to have (TY xcamel))
To: Not just another dumb blonde
"My husband is a truck driver and will be purchasing ours in another state if this passes."It won't be long before they have spectacular-level penalties for non-taxed cigarettes found in your possession. Likewise, they will have the TSA inspecting bags for cigarettes....
The non-smokers who cheer these actions have no idea what this slippery slope will take them to (Fat Tax on fast food, etc.). Selective taxation is clearly an assault on personal freedom, under the guise of "public health".
I do not visit Kalifornia regularly anymore, as it has become a third world country, with half the populations in major cities that can't even speak English.....
Where the bloodsucking Lawyers attacked big tobacco's deep pockets to the tune of BILLIONS in fees they collected, the settlement money went right into the general funds of the states, as opposed to going to pay "health-related costs" that tobacco was pilloried for in the suit.....what a joke.
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
I'm gonna buy me a small 7-11 on the NV side of the CA-NV border..... You were born to make your fortune!
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posted on
09/15/2006 5:22:40 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
To: Gabz
Whisky rebellion, anyone?
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posted on
09/15/2006 5:24:32 PM PDT
by
patton
(Sanctimony frequently reaps its own reward.)
To: patton
And soon.................PLEASE.........
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posted on
09/15/2006 5:29:03 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Taxaholism, the disease you elect to have (TY xcamel))
To: FlingWingFlyer
Why won't the NAALCP invoke the Equal Protection Clause of the US Constitution?
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posted on
09/15/2006 5:36:15 PM PDT
by
nygoose
To: Gabz
Heck, even that tax hike is still cheaper than Chicago. BTW, tomorrow's the day for my monthly "sin tax avoidance run" to Wisconsin for cigarettes, wine and good old fashion booze. Plus gas prices are 50 cents a gallon cheaper than my neighborhood station. Nice drive to get out of the city and feel good about saving all that tax money.
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posted on
09/15/2006 5:37:39 PM PDT
by
bfree
(Liberalism-the yellow meat,)
To: Gabz
I wonder how much money I could make running smokes?
A good bit, I'd say. Sounds like a hell of a business oppurtunity.
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posted on
09/15/2006 6:22:00 PM PDT
by
383rr
(Those who choose security over liberty deserve neither- GUN CONTROL=SLAVERY)
To: bfree
Enjoy your road trip!!!!!!!
We're going to be working with a couple other folks to clear a tree that came down in the storm that wasn't a storm ( Ernesto)
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posted on
09/15/2006 6:35:09 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Taxaholism, the disease you elect to have (TY xcamel))
To: xp38
I told someone in my office that when they raised the cig tax here (price is now around $7.00 a pack) we would see lots of smuggling.
I've been offered cigs on the street from a guy with a backpack at $5.00 a pack twice in the past week.
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posted on
09/15/2006 7:25:15 PM PDT
by
pierrem15
(Charles Martel: past and future of France)
To: bfree
That's why I drive to Indiana :-)
Knowing I'm screwing those thieves Daley and Bag-o-shitz just makes that first puff even sweeter.
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posted on
09/15/2006 7:27:17 PM PDT
by
pierrem15
(Charles Martel: past and future of France)
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
I'm gonna buy me a small 7-11 on the NV side of the CA-NV border.....I already own a 1-ton pickup and an enclosed trailer...........
To: Gabz
To: Not just another dumb blonde
Hey, I feel your pain. Not that I am a smoker but that the government thinks they know what is best for us. They can screw anything up and brush it off as a bad decision. But let anyone light one up and they are ready to call out the gestapo. Freedom has a new ring to it today. It only means freedom in line with what government dictates. A sorry affair. Reeaaalll sorry affair. I say, I hope your husband makes a real nest egg with his "additional" haul.
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posted on
09/15/2006 11:09:09 PM PDT
by
taxesareforever
(Never forget Matt Maupin)
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