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shugah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 08:22 AM Original message |
State busts nearly 9,000 who dodged cigarette tax |
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Craig3410 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. 2 dollars a PACK? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 10:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. You know how much smokers cost the public |
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Scout1071 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Oh, whatever. Then we should have a dumbass tax for people |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 01:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. alcohol is already taxed pretty highly |
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Scout1071 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. While we are at it, let's have a fat tax too! |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. They should have taxes on junk food - I agree! |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-01-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. That could be a reasonable tax |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-01-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Schools, hospitals. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-01-06 08:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
34. People don't suffer health problems from second hand fat |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-01-06 09:04 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I Want to Tax Control Freaks |
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ForPeace (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 12:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Smokers save us money |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 01:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. They get sick more often |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 01:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I'll be happy to look at your numbers |
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foreigncorrespondent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 05:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Really? |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 07:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. The average smoker loses 14 years of his or her life. |
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primavera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 01:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. But that's not how the revenue is spent |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-01-06 08:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. The SUVs do pay more since gas is taxed |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 08:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
31. All the fires they cause are VERY expensive - think of all the wildfires |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Sin tax + cigs are still very cheap to make |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
2. Too high taxes always create black markets |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. Same thing happened |
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warrens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 09:39 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. In Illinios too |
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sattahipdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 11:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. It's a felony to transport or sell 15 cartons of cigarettes or more |
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booksenkatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 11:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. The warmongers want the poor to stop killing themselves |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 06:00 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. When last I looked, Indiana had low cigarette taxes. |
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sattahipdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. So 30% of Americans support terrorist operations |
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hadrons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
5. "A pack-a-day smoker ..." |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
10. I do buy my cigarettes online, and I don't understand why the |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 01:23 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. KY is about the cheapest state you can buy them, |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 01:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Does the pack have a state tax stamp on it? |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
20. I just drive to the Indian reservation, and I pay cash. |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 03:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. you realize |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 04:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I don't see any signs saying cigarettes for Indians only. |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 07:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. I support high taxes on cigarettes |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
27. And Michigan |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
30. If you live in Pennsylvania and buy cigs over the internet |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-28-06 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
32. I know a fellow who bought a car in another state to avoid sales tax |
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