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State Cracks Down On Those Avoiding Cigarette Tax
ClickonDetroit ^ | February 19, 2007 | AP

Posted on 02/19/2007 7:47:23 PM PST by ShadowDancer

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To: johnmark7
I remember the first time my father came and visited me in KC from NY. I guess that this was back around 1992. He had never seen a "Wholesale Club," and was AMAZED by the prices on cigarettes. IIRC, there was about a $10 difference in the cost of a single carton. He bought 10 cases of cartons, and we UPS'ed them back to NY!

Mark

21 posted on 02/19/2007 8:30:12 PM PST by MarkL (When Kaylee says "No power in the `verse can stop me," it's cute. When River says it, it's scary!)
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Terry Stanton, kiss my flaming a$$...

22 posted on 02/19/2007 8:34:21 PM PST by Outland (Socialism is the enemy and quickly spreading like the cancer it is.)
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To: Mr_Moonlight
"I'm a ciggie smoker questing to quit soon"

When you get ready to quit, give Chantix a try. It's a newer medicine and works great. I have yet to hear of anyone who has used it and failed. I know since it worked for me, it should work for anyone. Best of luck! Even with the great meds, it still has it's moments where you have to focus.

23 posted on 02/19/2007 8:35:06 PM PST by KoRn
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To: johnmark7

Don't for fet the elderly.


24 posted on 02/19/2007 8:48:09 PM PST by justrepublican (Screaming like a keynote speaker at a Wellstone memorial.........!)
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To: justrepublican

Spell checker


25 posted on 02/19/2007 8:48:58 PM PST by justrepublican (Screaming like a keynote speaker at a Wellstone memorial.........!)
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To: ShadowDancer

Interesting that a tariff is imposed between states but not on the flood of goods from foreign shores.


26 posted on 02/19/2007 8:59:03 PM PST by 1_Of_We
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To: Farmer Dean
This seems to be somewhat discriminatory. /s So will the tax police begin to inspect our packages from Amazon and Aunt Sally? From what I understand, All purchases from out of state are taxable. Do the smokers have a class action suit here?
27 posted on 02/19/2007 9:01:27 PM PST by berdie
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To: 1_Of_We

yep


28 posted on 02/19/2007 9:14:09 PM PST by chasio649
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To: Jaysun
What if someone drives over state lines, buys a trunk full of cigarettes, and then returns home to Michigan?

Then it shouldn't be any of Michigan's business, especially if the people paid a cigarette tax in another state. We have to report taxes we SHOULD have paid for items purchased online and weren't charged a tax for...like buying from Amazon.com, not just cigarettes. If we don't want to bother figuring out how much the taxes should have been we Michiganders can just use the standard $40 fee.

Sweet, huh?

29 posted on 02/19/2007 9:24:29 PM PST by madison10
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To: ShadowDancer


...so we can find people who are avoiding cigarette taxes, but we can't find illegal aliens?


30 posted on 02/19/2007 9:24:57 PM PST by Tzimisce (How Would Mohammed Vote? Hillary for President! www.dndorks.com)
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To: confederatetrappedinmidwest

You forgot the other state motto....."Allah Akbar!"


32 posted on 02/19/2007 9:35:40 PM PST by BulletBobCo
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To: FlingWingFlyer
The solution to all this is to learn to speak Spanish, wear a Dodgers baseball cap and never carry any form of identification on your person.

But it's ok to carry your Bank of America credit card, right?

33 posted on 02/19/2007 9:41:10 PM PST by GATOR NAVY (Naming CVNs after congressmen and mediocre presidents burns my butt)
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To: KoRn

bookmark


34 posted on 02/19/2007 9:54:08 PM PST by traviskicks (http://www.neoperspectives.com/Ron_Paul_2008.htm)
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To: ShadowDancer
Thread hi-jack warning alert:

"The Department of Treasury has tried very hard over the past few years to make it very clear that there are no such thing as a tax-free cigarettes -- not legally anyway,"

Neither are illegal immigrants.

Now I feel better.

Please resume normal postings.

35 posted on 02/19/2007 10:13:05 PM PST by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: sockmonkey
Roll your own.

http://www.ryocigarette.com/?OVRAW=cigarette%20rolling%20machines&OVKEY=cigarette%20rolling%20machine&OVMTC=standard&ysmwa=EtwyleFQPYpp_629iDzxLXxXjhO3mVEP2jFOczXM5C5966biCNGEfFA5PQ0Pv4tq

36 posted on 02/19/2007 10:16:33 PM PST by Cobra64 (www.BulletBras.net)
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To: Cobra64

A perfect point..well said!!


37 posted on 02/19/2007 10:47:01 PM PST by berdie
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To: johnmark7

Water, specifically bottled water


38 posted on 02/19/2007 10:51:42 PM PST by Nailbiter
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To: Secret Agent Man
Most states, guess on my part, require a signed or verbal release to search a vehicle, a warrant, or probable cause like a dog sniffing the out the weed. Make the run, on a back road, different route every time.
39 posted on 02/20/2007 1:57:38 AM PST by tiger-one (The night has a thousand eyes)
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To: ShadowDancer
"More than 80 percent of the revenues brought in from the state tobacco tax are split between the School Aid Fund and Medicaid trust fund."

And the Stop Smoking programs? Anti-smoking advertising? Stepped-up enforcement of licensed retailers? You know, the things that were promised when you instituted this confiscatory tax?

40 posted on 02/20/2007 5:30:19 AM PST by robertpaulsen
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