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Report: Tobacco tax hikes don’t pay
The Daily Caller ^
| 8/4/2013
| Sarah Hurtubise
Posted on 08/05/2013 8:48:34 AM PDT by rktman
Cigarette taxes turn a frowned-upon habit into a popular revenue source. But a recent study found that cigarette taxes often lead to other tax hikes later.
The National Taxpayers Union found a 70 percent chance that the so-called sin taxes will not produce the expected revenue, as people buy fewer packs. The taxpayer advocate organization reported that from 2007 to 2011, 25 of 37 cigarette tax increases were joined by other new tax hikes within two years.
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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: cigarettes; cigarettetax; doh; pufflist; sintaxes; taxandspend; taxincrease
I know you will be shocked by this revelation. NOT! P.S. I don't frown upon it.
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posted on
08/05/2013 8:48:35 AM PDT
by
rktman
To: rktman
If you grow your own, you don't pay taxes on it.
/johnny
To: rktman
Duh.
I remember Jenny Granholm talking about the “Breathtaking decline in tobacco revenues” after jacking up the tax so she immediately started talking about other ways to make up for the loss like taxing food eaten by staff in restaurants.
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posted on
08/05/2013 8:52:57 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: cripplecreek
Yeah, but don’t forget, they are SOOOOO much smarter than the rest of us.
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posted on
08/05/2013 8:57:11 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Inergalactic background checks? King hussein you're first up.)
To: rktman
so-called sin taxes will not produce the expected revenue, as people buy fewer packs
I have noticed that for me since January 2003:
2003 - 2 cartons
2004 - 0 cartons, 0 packs, 0 cigarette taxes
2005 - 0 cartons, 0 packs, 0 cigarette taxes
2006 - 0 cartons, 0 packs, 0 cigarette taxes
2007 - 0 cartons, 0 packs, 0 cigarette taxes
2008 - 0 cartons, 0 packs, 0 cigarette taxes
2009 - 0 cartons, 0 packs, 0 cigarette taxes
2010 - 0 cartons, 0 packs, 0 cigarette taxes
2011 - 0 cartons, 0 packs, 0 cigarette taxes
2012 - 0 cartons, 0 packs, 0 cigarette taxes
2013 - 0 cartons, 0 packs, 0 cigarette taxes to date.
I estimate I have around $3000 per year to spend on other things.
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posted on
08/05/2013 9:22:05 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
(.)
To: TomGuy
I estimate I have around $3000 per year to spend on other things.
Like taxes.
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posted on
08/05/2013 9:28:13 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: cripplecreek
Maybe they should tax all GMO food that has nicotine derivatives in it put there to protect against insects?
To: cripplecreek
State cig tax jumped up to $7.10/pack a few years ago.
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posted on
08/05/2013 9:36:05 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
(.)
To: rktman; Revolting cat!
Tobacco tax hikes do not pay.
Crime does not pay.
Tobacco tax hikes == no pay
Crime == no pay
Tobacco tax hikes == Crime
To: TomGuy
State cig tax jumped up to $7.10/pack a few years ago.I have not smoked even one single cigarette in my entire life, but it seems to me, that all this does, is start a black market for cigarettes.
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posted on
08/05/2013 9:45:21 AM PDT
by
Mark17
(Yesterday I couldn't spell it. Today I are one, a creepy a$$ cracker)
To: Mark17
That is precisely what’s happening. Cigarettes manufactured on Indian land are tax-free and there is a roaring trade here; legal smokes are $70-90 a carton while “Native” brands can be had on the street for $15-25/carton.
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posted on
08/05/2013 10:05:40 AM PDT
by
Squawk 8888
(I'd give up chocolate but I'm no quitter)
To: Mark17
All of the tobacco I have smoked today was 100% tax free, organic, and handpicked and cured by me. Legal as church on Sunday.
/johnny
To: rktman
It’s not about making money; it’s about making Chuckie Schumer feel good.
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posted on
08/05/2013 10:23:44 AM PDT
by
Jack Hammer
(American)
To: rktman
They use the tobacco tax to hook more takers into some freebie program (like “heath care for the chill’un”).
Then invariably people get tired of paying ten bucks for a pack of Marlboros and they quit smoking. So we gotta fund that program with some other tax....after all, it’s FOR THE CHILL’UN!!!!
To: Gabz; elkfersupper; Just another Joe; SheLion
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posted on
08/05/2013 10:55:18 AM PDT
by
CSM
(Keeper of the Dave Ramsey Ping list. FReepmail me if you want your beeber stuned.)
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