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That may work for a while, but the Jenkins Act prohibits Interstate sales of cigarettes.

It is clear that the states are going after the Post Office and other carriers, credit cards, and the vendors themselves in an all-out effort to close the loopholes.

I fear that Congress will start passing Jenkins Acts on other products since state tax revenues are affected by Internet sales of everything from books to pet toys to plants to skis....

As our government at the state and federal level becomes more socialist there will be higher and higher taxes, more tax avoidance, and more stringent enforcement measures.

If American consumers actually had to pay the full retail price with local taxes on all purchases our economy would grind to a standstill.

Gloom and doomer that I am I think we have passed the point on no return.

I think it is just a matter of time before the "free" economy collapses and what is left of the Constitution collapses with it.

[jsmith48]

It is clear that the states are going after the Post Office and other carriers, credit cards, and the vendors themselves in an all-out effort to close the loopholes.

Welcome to the New Mafia. Terrorists purchase cigs in a state with low taxes, and resell them in another state with higher taxes.

Soon tobacco will become illegal, like marijuana, and we'll start seeing shootouts and speakeasys again.

[Mears]

There is actually an ad in The Boston Globe today for caskets,of all things,and the ad brags "No sales tax".

Are they going to go after the casket makers?????