To: KyGeezer
Back in 2009 they jacked up the federal tax on loose tobacco from $1/pound to over $24/pound to keep people from stealing money from the government (cough, cough) by rolling their own.
12 posted on
08/12/2011 7:38:43 AM PDT by
KarlInOhio
(The Repubs and Dems are arguing whether to pour 9 or 10 buckets of gasoline on a burning house.)
To: KarlInOhio
Watch next week for the proposal to tax cigars at gigarette rates.
The government doesn’t care about your health.
They just want your money.
14 posted on
08/12/2011 7:43:37 AM PDT by
hoosierham
(Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
To: KarlInOhio
Old Mr. Anderson our neighbor used to grow his own tobacco. Dried it in the garage.
19 posted on
08/12/2011 7:52:24 AM PDT by
wordsofearnest
(Proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs it. C.S. Lewis)
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