[July 4th]

If the tribes want to have their "sovereign" status, why not do things this way: If someone goes onto a reservation to buy cigarettes, on the way out, have a state "customs" checkpoint and charge them the import tax.

[Chad Fairbanks]

If the tribes want to have their "sovereign" status, why not do things this way: If someone goes onto a reservation to buy cigarettes, on the way out, have a state "customs" checkpoint and charge them the import tax.

Hey! Now THERE is an idea! But why stop with just SOME american citizens (the indians)? Let's do it for everyone! Customs checkpoints between every state, municipality, county, etc! That'll solve the tax question once and for all!

Good idea, man! Thanks for speaking up!

Only one question - since you are so eager to impose taxes on your fellow citizens, does that make you a democrat?

[lockjaw02]

Good point. Last time I left the country and returned, US customs law allowed tax-free importation of 200 cigarettes.

I guess we'd have to be restricted to two cartons everytime we entered and left tribal lands.

[1Old Pro]

If the tribes want to have their "sovereign" status, why not do things this way: If someone goes onto a reservation to buy cigarettes, on the way out, have a state "customs" checkpoint and charge them the import tax.

Or just end the tax on cigarettes and liquor and make gambling legal.