States Brace for Cigarette Backlash/

Yahoo News ^ | 13 July 2002 | DAVID CRARY

[SheLion]

Please add me to your ping list too.

DONE!!!! :)

[Great Dane]

Duh..... didn't we tell them what would happen, serves them right.

[SheLion]

I wouldn't go back to buying packs of store boughts even if the taxes WERE reasonable. And you can bet that the states will find themselves with an, "increasingly hard-to-enforce legal problems".

JOE? Neither will I! Not ever! Maine can pound sand and suck the money out of those LAPTOPS the GOV wants so much!

They done shot the goose that laid the golden egg.

[lakey]

Anyone shouting, "This is taxation without representation"?

[Springman]

Bumb for latter.

[Just another Joe]

Anyone shouting, "This is taxation without representation"?

To the high heavens!
If you think that makes a difference to the pols that are listening to the anti-smokers lies you are sadly mistaken.

[SheLion]

Duh..... didn't we tell them what would happen, serves them right.

THIS flag is flying in MY yard now!

[Great Dane]

Yes, just look at the billions of $ trying to stop drug smuggling, they have been at it for what 30 or more years, and they are still only catching 2%.

[spoiler2]

You see a Civil War coming, but it will be fought against the citizens with all the really neat laws regarding eavesdropping and search and seizure, that were recently put into place, to guard against terrorists!

What have we done??

Many more lives will likely be RUINED and LOST in the pursuit of this war, than would have been, otherwise.

[Doc On The Bay]

HEAR!!--HEAR!!"

Doc

[ForGod'sSake]

Anyone shouting, "This is taxation without representation"?

King George would have been proud of our current gaggle of taxmen. Anyone for another (T)obacco party??????

FGS

[jdontom]

Please add me to the smoking ping list

Ditto here tooo00

[Max McGarrity]

Tom Ryan, a spokesman for Philip Morris USA, said the tobacco company supports a crackdown on tax evasion. "The people really hurt by all this are the retailers who are doing business legitimately." he said. "Jobs are on the line.">/i>

And the tobacco companies wonder why we don't support them? They are contemptible.

[DugwayDuke]

Like Rush said, this isn't about smoking, it's about raising revenues.

[hammerdown]

$14.95 here

[oldtimer]

This is a wonderful goal for State and Feral bureaucrats.

They can make requests to hire more and more to enforce the LAWS, which results in more taxes even more to pay for salaries. and their great retirement benefits.

Then the bureacRATS can wreak havoc on the sheeple in between planning their vacations.

A fantastic solution to the puzzle.

[SheLion]

Done!!!! :)

Your added to my Puff list.

[SheLion]

And the tobacco companies wonder why we don't support them? They are contemptible.

Yes! And PM is the WORST out of ALL of them. They put the screws to the smokers every chance they get. They are SO phony!

[Great Dane]

THIS flag is flying in MY yard now!

I like it. :-}

[terilyn]

Does anybody know of any other websites to buy cigs online? This one looks great but they don't have my brand.

I just paid $39.00 for a carton here in MN.

Thanks!